AboveDeepBuggy Some things I liked some I did not.

ShangLuda Admirable film.

Usamah Harvey The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Alistair Olson After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

skoebrich I just can't begin to describe the awfulness of this show. The portrayal of the commander (Gary Volesky) rises almost to the level of stolen valor in the central role they give him in the event, when he was in reality only involved from the sidelines. Catching a grenade and tossing it out his HUMMVEE window? Please! I personally know several soldiers who were part of this event, and they are hurt and insulted by how it has been rewritten into a standard Hollywood shoot 'em up. I sincerely hope Martha Radditz wasn't consulted during production - if she was, then I'm sincerely disappointed in Martha Radditz.

DCCinema Simplistic reportage by a simple-minded reporter who will never understand what the people she interviews are telling her. It's a technically well-crafted motion picture, but lacks a realistic story. This society lady can go to war zones as many times as she wants and talk to all the soldiers she wants and she will still never understand what they are going through -- before, during or after. I'm sure she had good intentions, but this overly dramatic, heart-on-the-sleeve retelling of the story has only the impressions of a lady reporter garnered from a distance, not the complex impressions of soldiers or their families. This lady should stick to writing something she actually knows about first hand, not just something she finds fascinating. And yes, I'm a veteran.

jamesaitken-98303 8 soldiers dead n 65 injured just to shovel shit..... wonders of the western rich elite never seize to amaze me anymore.... rip

cidavr I had hoped, because it was Nat Geo doing this, that this would have strong production value and a good story. I was sorely disappointed. The wrong people are writing, producing and directing these "films." These people are left wing coastal dwellers that don't have a thing in common with the characters for whom they write. What they write is propaganda with themes that serve people like themselves. They portray the people of Iraq as sympathetic Ma and Pa Kettles. They blandly copy the "folks at home" aspect straight out of "We Were Soldiers" because they want to sell the story to as many people as they can (female viewers), not because it serves the story. They think that putting actors into uniforms and vehicles with weapons that look and sound real is enough. They don't know anything about the warriors they portray and they don't understand the reasons or the motivations or the lessons of war. My advice to people who keep making these movies: Don't waste your money or our time.