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Created Oct 24, 2011 07:08PM PST • Edited Oct 24, 2011 07:08PM PST

1. Quality

2. Summary

   Good 3.0

   Slogging through the surge. The soldiers in Baker company only had 90 days, yet were on task to establish a forward outpost. Yep, right In the middle of the bad guys. This is no Restrepo – but engrossing in a measured, paced kind of way. Fighting is not the focus of the movie, instead you are brought alongside Baker company’s engagement in all kinds of activities – from meeting local elders, paying off folks for leads, hiring ex-Iraqi army to clean the trash, building bridges – you get the idea. But don’t be fooled in to thinking it is all humdrum. The reality of being at death’s door is every present – and the tension increases as the platoon gets nearer to the end of their deployment. Then, on the verge of leaving, you see a lighter side and a bumpy transition to life back at home. Good stuff.

4. Acting

   Very Good 3.5

   Baker company is filled with a cultural menagerie of good guys. The best-selling journalist/filmmaker Jon Steele (“War Junkies”) on the other hand, comes across as a bit self-serving and overly dramatic. He probably should have stayed out of it a bit more.

5. Male Stars Very Good 3.5

6. Female Stars Very Good 3.5

7. Female Costars Very Good 3.5

8. Male Costars Very Good 3.5

10. Film

    Good 3.0

11. Direction Good 3.0

12. Play Good 3.0

13. Music Good 3.0

14. Visuals Good 3.0
15. Content

16. Edge

    Tame 1.5

    Tame – although you do realize what is happening all around them.

17. Sex Innocent 1.5

18. Violence Gentle 1.5

19. Rudeness Polite 1.5

21. Reality

    Natural 1.0

22. Circumstantial Natural 1.0

23. Biological Natural 1.0

24. Physical Natural 1.0