When The Hurt Locker came out I had several friends who insisted that Generation Kill did it earlier and better. I’m not sure I’d agree – Hurt Locker was more of a character study and had tremendous suspense. This has a lot of realism – like The Wire and Treme, also by these writers – but the characters aren’t particularly memorable. I had trouble telling them apart, none of the leads died. It looks terrific, there's some fine acting and brilliant dialogue, great bits (the rumour that J-Lo had died prior to invasion, a soldier taking a dump during a battle, accidental shootings of civilians, watching the video at the end). I've got to put my hand up and admit it didn't blow me away.
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