I agree with others that the CGI was terrible and whoever cast the American soldiers must have gotten all the rejects from LMN and the Soaps. As often occurs when a movie centers around its countrymen, they are the heroes & the others (in this case, Americans) are portrayed here as either arrogant, fearful, or stupid. My first complaint lies with the story line, in particular, the part where the Somali, Abdalle, opened his home, putting his family in grave danger, in order to hide his Malaysian friend & the men who were about to be overrun by rebels. Question: why did the soldier open fire on the rebels when he saw them from a window coming down the street? Couldn't they have stayed hidden in the house until the rebels passed by or were the Somalis searching door to door for the soldiers? Unclear.

But, the absolute worst scene in my opinion was when the wife & son of the Abdalle, the Somali who hid them, were killed & left lying in the dirt street. The soldiers suffered many casualties to bring back their own dead but wouldn't take these 2 bodies with them who had died as a direct result of saving many of their own lives. Instead Lt. Dahari practically pulls Abdalle off his wife and they all leave her & the son lying in the dirt in the middle of the street when they could have easily taken them out of respect for the man who hid them. Disgraceful! It seems that all too often, we recruit local natives who help our military at great risk to themselves & their families only to be abandoned when things get tough and we pull back.

So, overall not the best war movie I have seen but certainly not the worst either & it was good to see a well known military operation from another point of view. I don't think our allies get enough credit for what they do. Definitely worth watching.

It was a good movie to watch. The performances were outstanding. There were some scenes that could've been cut, e.g. Flirting with the journalist, silly jokes, could've been improved e.g the sound effects of guns firing against the tanks especially. The CGI could've been better too. I must applaud the efforts though. It certainly did "corrected" the events portrayed in the American movie. Adrian Teh is a promising film maker and hope he has a new movie coming up soon. Here's also, hoping to see more Malaysian movie like this in the future. Kudos to the director and actors. Malaysia boleh. Bravo.

Just as I was able to watch the premiere of the movie, I think the scripts is built in a superb way, and the acting is great overall. There were some parts that confuses me such as weapons mechanics and the fact that there is repetitive shooting scenes, but I think they are alright and the VFX is also great considering the fact that this movie local made and I haven't seen much movies going this far with great assets and props usage.

I would give it a 9, but the storytelling embedded is truly meaningful and tells a lot about what actually happens there. Personally, I think it's an outstanding movie that could do better. But it would definitely deserve a 10 from me. I absolutely recommend it.