The Age of Commercialism

Purely Joyful Movie!

Admirable film.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Afghanistan November 2001 and the Taliban who have ruled the country under a jackboot for several years have been ousted . A CIA operative is embedded with an American special forces team and leads them on a secret mission in the South of the country . After a fire fight with the Taliban where several insurgents are killed the SF team are puzzled in finding the bodies of the dead have disappeared , almost as if they'd never existed I've got to put my hand up and say I knew this was a cross genre movie before I watched it . If you're expecting a straight laced action thriller set in the 'Stan then you might be surprised as to where this is heading . Director Daniel Myrick does play up to the film being set in a very real time and place , giving the movie an almost documentary look with hand-held cameras and cinema verite style but this isn't how the film progressesForeshadowing is a difficult thing . Play your hand too soon and the audience might be one step ahead of the characters and boredom sets in , play it too late and the audience will feel cheated so the writers deserve some credit in keeping the audience intrigued . I did have a rough idea where everything was heading and was still interested , though wasn't entirely gripped . Some credit too for bringing in a little bit of past history to Afghanistan involving Alexander The Great's ill fated expedition to the country and the reference of the British retreat from Kabul in the 19th Century . A graveyard of empires indeed Everything's chugging along nicely and THE OBJECTIVE is a engaging little horror/war film with some good locations and a small non star cast . The problem lies in the last five minutes which I had difficulty in understanding . Again it's not down too much or too little foreshadowing but the fact it remains unexplained which diluted my enjoyment of the film slightly which I was enjoying up to this point

Okay, this movie has a very nice cinematography! I kinda like the concept of the story. And I do enjoy some of the scenes on this movie but something is really not good in it! Also, it will make you as a viewer wanting for more to happen or make something for it to happen in the movie. This will also leave you hanging.I can say that the ending really sucks including the interview part flashing while in credits! I don't know but i don't like it.And although, it has its darker side which makes it different with the others but really, I'm not convinced.

I liked the film. It's eerie and unsettling but it could have done better. The movie leaves too many open ended questions and at the end I feel like I did after watching X-files -- I want more answers.The desert is just haunting and adds much to the substance of the plot. Combined the contrasts of the desert Bedouins and their beliefs and cultures, and this movie takes on a realistic tone. You come away from the film wanted to get behind the scenes to see and comprehend that force that the soldiers are dealing with. I would actually like to see a sequel that takes that plot a little further, but unfortunately it looks as though I'm one of the few reviewer who really liked this film.

One of the best Sci-Fi movies I've seen in a long while. And I've seen plenty. All this whining and complaining about unanswered questions, low-budget CG, unauthentic language, misses the whole point of the movie.....to entertain and to get us to think...THINK, people....about those unanswered questions and seek out the answers. As Mulder would say, "The truth is out there". It's up to us to be willing and courageous enough to seek out those answers, to follow the truth wherever it leads, accepting the truth and the conclusions they bring us to, however ugly they may be, no matter how much they may challenge our preconceived notions of who we are and what we're here for.