Dreadfully Boring

Crappy film

The movie's only flaw is also a virtue: It's jammed with characters, stories, warmth and laughs.

This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

Without tanks or air support, a corporal and his team must muster all the courage and firepower they can to fight their way across war-torn Afghanistan and shepherd an important anti-Taliban woman to safety. Jarhead 2: Field of Fire is the fun sequel and the fun overall flick that the first film failed to be which is a war film and believe me there's plenty of action here and there but please do not be mislead by the poster cause Cole Hauser is not and i repeat is not the main protagonist. This is a watchable war flick and suprisingly well made too. (7/10)

Marine Corporal Chris Merrimette reluctantly takes a promotion from Major James Gavins (Stephen Lang) as the new leader of his supply squad after his sergeant gets killed by the Taliban. He is eager to return to his wife. His unit consists of Corporal Danny Kettner (Bokeem Woodbine), Lance Corporal Dani Allen, Private Rafael Soto, and Private Justin Li. Afghan Army Private Khalid Hassan Abu Faisal joins them on a resupply mission to a dangerous outpost. They are retasked when they pick up a SEAL team trying to evacuate an anti-Taliban activist.The interesting thing about the first Jarhead is that the guy struggled with a war which doesn't need him. This is almost an opposite premise. Chris can't wait to get out of the war that desperately needs him. I'm fine with a completely new premise for a completely new war. There is plenty of gunfire action which is more than what I expect from a TV movie. The realism is debatable and that's no small thing. I really question Kettner pulling Faisal off the garbage pile. It would be more real to run away and let the new Arab take the bomb blast if that's what he wants. That conflict between realistic and unrealistic never goes away. I'm sure others have different ideas. The kill ratio seems high. Several times, the guys wipe out the entire opposition. The final rescue mission seems unrealistic. I don't know why they didn't at least try the Taliban's trucks. The realism questioning goes on and on. It's not Rambo but it's not that far from it. Some of the masked Taliban fighters look white. At least, the setting looks good.

When i was in the gulf war, we just had a M16 rifle, chewing gum and a very small toilet roll that incidentally had to last for our whole tour of duty. In this film there are lazer guns, romulan mind-melds an Alien from the planet xena-4 plus every soldier seems to quote " Beam me up scotty" before they get shot. If you want a good action movie go for Wind In The Willows part 2, or you could just watch a few episodes of star trek which may have the same effect on you. Basically don't watch this film. its no good, its akin to jumping around naked with a pineapple superglued to one of your feet. i watched it twice and dozed off several times and that was just during the opening credits. which took almost twenty minutes to get through as for the sound effects they were boring. hang on am i reviewing the right film? this is citizen kane is it not?.

Mentally fatigued and doubtful about signing on for another tour, Corporal Chris Merrimette(Josh Kelly), is put in command of unit that is ordered to work in support mode resupplying an outpost on the border of Taliban-controlled territory. Quite unexpectedly the unit is thrown into a combat situation of international importance. Merrimette's unit is to help rescue an Afghan woman with a target on her back for defying the Taliban. There is very little time to waste and high danger to dodge in getting this woman to safety.Don Michael Paul directs this slightly better than average action movie filmed in Bulgaria. The mannerisms and language for some reason just don't seem too military-like. This project may have been better suited as a made-for-TV movie. Featured in the cast: Cole Hauser, Jesse Garcia, Cassie Layton, Ronny Jhutti, Stephen Lang, Daniel Coetzer and Esai Morales.