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Their mission was incredibly perilous, but they werent on the ground to fight.
Its also rich in manly nods, of the sort that signal, Well done, brother.
Those are always very gratifying.
Meeting Fichtners live-wire stare is a test for any man and Hemsworth holds his mud.
Mulholland says, Nineteen men made war against the U.S. on 9/11.
You 12 will be the first ones to fight back.
But its the swerves into formula that cut the deepest.
The demon Taliban commander has an idiotically melodramatic comeuppance thats worthy of a Grade-Z Stallone movie.
Now he is a real man!
What stinks about the dopey, red-meat conceit is that this is the wrong context.
He says, It was a template for the way the present war and future ones should be fought.
But its the final sin of omission thats unforgivable.
The closing crawl sticks to celebratory happy talk.
