the audience applauded

From my favorite movies..

Excellent, Without a doubt!!

Awesome Movie

The scenery and acting seem authentic (to one who was never there). However, to escape the team trudges for a week over the mountains and when they get down at the other end then *surprise* the bad guy is there waiting for them, It just isn't credible.If you can suspend belief about the plot is is a great movie, but beware, there is a tear jerker at the end!

PLEASE, PLEASE PLEASE, do not let the name of this movie put you off. I say this because it put me of for nearly a year...I kept seeing it scroll past on my Amazon prime...eventually I noticed Djimon Hounson was in it and he is someone I think is such an under-rated actor (nominated for two Oscars for your information). If you've never see Blood Diamond, watch it, his performance is incredible and should have won him the Oscar in my opinion. Anyway the name of the film and the DVD image give the impression of a Chuck Norris 'Delta Force' clone. Well, it couldn't be further from the truth. This is a 'believable' war movie. A believable story with believable characters in believable action scenes. Some don't get as much characterisation as others but that can't be helped due the type of story it is. A squad of Commandos being hunted by the Taliban. You become invested in their lives when things start to go wrong; with a couple scenes so well filmed and edited (sound as well) that I found myself tearing up. Please give it a try if you like your war movies believable...

While a tad overlong and light on character development, SPECIAL FORCES nevertheless delivers a fairly solid entry in the modern warfare genre. The plot is rather simple: a French special forces unit (the movie is French/French-produced) is sent in to rescue a journalist from Afghanistan who has been captured by a Taliban warlord. Right off the bat, you are introduced to the principal characters, but not much is given in the way of character development or making the audience care, aside from some small character moments interspersed throughout the latter half of the film. The performances are adequate, with the best being given by Diane Kruger (as the journalist) and Djimon Hounsou (one of the special forces guys). The actor who portrays the Taliban warlord also does a good job, probably adding some depth to his character by having him be Western-educated and somewhat caught between Western culture and his own culture and beliefs, but not much attention is paid to his character either. It also doesn't help that his demise later in the film is done so haphazardly and unceremoniously. As far as the combat sequences go, they were fine and done in current "en vogue" style of somewhat shaky "cinema verite" realism to give a sense of the chaos of battle. The violence was effective and not gratuitous in any way. However, towards the end the movie drags a little bit as we're shown day after day passing of the core group trying to get away from their pursuers and safely back into Afghanistan (they've been wandering around in the Pakistani desert for most of the movie). Overall, the movie is effective in the combat sequences and showing how the special forces team bond with the people they try to rescue. Over the course of the film, you do grow to care a little bit more about the characters but not because you feel like you really know them, just because you empathize with the sticky situation they're in. The movie aspires to be SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (made by the French, and set during the Afghan war), but it falls short of the mark. Still, it makes for a somewhat entertaining, slightly taxing, viewing experience.

First and most important, this movie is a tribute and sadly describe a mission going south. Having watched both versions (French and English) A lot got lost in the translation... It displays an actual and realistic shady world that most don't want to believe exists. Being a serviceman myself, it please me seeing movie like this that revolves real everyday heroes that lives in the shadows. They made it more real than Act of Valor and by far. They can't make it more real and 'pleasing' for the general population than this as anything more would be a documentary. I've seen reviews bashing 'elites' and so on, do your research or speak of experience. Quick example ***SPOILER*** The sniper take down, people wonder why he runs after hitting the enemy in the leg... Where there is one,there is two... He assumes he's not alone and relocate to take second shot as hes exposed already.If a second shooter would try to shoot ,he knows its not the same one... ***SPOILER END8***Overall, if you want to watch an accurate and sneak peak of how quickly things can go wrong and the sacrifices some makes everyday. Watch this movie with an eye of culture , not pure entertainment void to fill and you might see things differently. I say again , it is a tribute and borderline documentary.