Patriotic, boring and patriotic again! Another patriotic film from an unknown director, according to the plot of which two school friends live together, as if not spilled water. But one day on the ill-fated day of September 11, the father of one of the boys dies in the twin towers. Then the friends decide to join the army after school and go to Iraq to fight the enemies. But the parents of one boy did not support the desire of his son and asked him for a reprieve. Time passes and one serves safely in the army, and the other successfully enters college. A promise is broken and a word given by a friend is not kept. One fights and the other settles his life. Years pass and now all adult men meet again on the same path of life, only they are no longer friends and comrades, and at the same time are not enemies. They are just different and have long grown up, and everyone has their own truth of life, everyone has something to say, and even more so to answer.
Without exaggeration, I can say that this is a complex dramatic story of confrontations not only between friends, but also different views on life with its priorities and dreams. Typical American film productions about false patriotism with talk about some kind of eternal struggle with some invisible enemies. From the screen constantly poured words about the protection of the country, home, relatives and friends. And this is said by those who break into foreign countries and destroy the same houses and kill someone’s relatives. To be honest, I am rather bothered by the eternally empty talk about the great goal of a great America, which in fact can be compared to the same bloodthirsty and cruel terrorists.
So in this story, the hero served, and now proves to everyone the greatness of his heroism, suffers at night from nightmares and suffers from psychological trauma. The question is, to whom and what did he prove? There is no answer in the film, unlike a friend who never dared to go to war, but dedicated his life to his family and his future. He has known love, seen happiness, and lived a full life that he can tell or share with a friend. It’s like two scientists proving a theory with different theorems. It's about the same thing, just different words. This is a conversation about the meaning of life and our existence. Everyone chooses his own path and in his own way, of course, he will be right, because it is his choice, his truth of life and no one has the right to doubt his actions or thoughts.
Technically, the film is shot and looks like an ordinary TV low-budget product with bad actors, plans, sound and a raw picture. Although the music in the film is good and sounds nice, but still it is a one-time passing movie for a television format. The idea is good, but the implementation is very weak and unconvincing, after which you do not believe anything and nobody.
The movie is for the real sons of America. The rest may pass by, for they will only see a boring movie about some American heroism. Although I personally believe that true heroism is to live your life with dignity, without regretting anything.
5 out of 10