Absolutely brilliant

This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Plot: Set in 2006, a small British Army squadron is deployed to Helmand Province to protect an Afghan town from the Taliban.Review: To start off, The Patrol was intended to be a war / action film, and from the get go, really does not deliver in the Action department. Showing very little and the parts it does show are very uninspiring.Set in Helmand Province, which was renowned for being the most deadly area of Afghanistan, especially at the height of the Afghan War, viewers would not be ridiculed for expecting a bit more action and a lot less whining from the soldiers. This film is trying to portray a side of War that we, as the general public, do not generally see. However, the script combined with the obvious lack of acting talent on show makes this a hard to believe portrayal of military life. Low ranking soldiers being rude and insubordinate to Commanding Officers, and just Basic Army rules and general common sense aspects of Military life are not followed. The film lacks any sort of real, believable plot, intended to be a reference to the unpredictability of war or not, it's hard to excuse. It's just overall hard to believe, that The Patrol intended to be a serious military movie, Made with a low budget could be an excuse for the overall, poor, final product. An increased budget combined with an improved script and better actors could have made this directorial debut for Tom Petch a more enjoyable experience, alas this was not the case and it fails to deliver.British version of "The Hurt Locker"? No.Rating: 4/10

i found this movie to be slightly bit eclectic, and slow. i like that in some ways, but it lacks excitement in my opinion. i am glad i watched it, but found it to be nothing like the "hurt locker" like everyone keeps saying. maybe because i am not English i am missing a sort of understanding from a British perspective. it doesn't hold the same entertainment value i find on British television. definitely worth watching, though you might fall asleep. the acting is good, and the theme consistent. i didn't understand some of the British slang words, but my imagination filled in the blanks. if you like military history, or military film, you will enjoy this film. it's a fancy documentary type film, with a lot of camera movement, but does a good job not to make you dizzy like some films do with all the jumpy cameras moving around.

If you want to watch a war film with action in it, this isn't for you. Storyline was quite boring, and a lack of actual military knowledge made this film worseThis film is too political for me, i want to see gunfights, attack strategies, ambushes, exiting parts of army life, not people walking, and moaningIts hard to describe a film that doesn't have much going on in itDespite what the cover says, the hurt locker is a lot different to this filmIn my opinion, this film just makes the British army look rubbishWouldn't recommend this film to anyone

I suppose if your experience is limited to veteran level on Call of Duty or Michael Bay films then this probably isn't your cup of tea.I saw this film in Brighton recently, and was very impressed given the limited budget. Combat is 98% boredom and 2% sheer terror, and this film didn't try to make out that war is anything other than that, along with soldiers bitching about their kit and conditions, and the inevitable stress and tension between fighting men, particularly when the enemy is elusive and rarely clearly seen.Judging by other reviews, one might be forgiven for thinking that war is an entertainment franchise. Nice to see a war film directed by a former soldier with a grounding in the realities of combat, rather than some fist-pumping gung-ho CGI-fest directed by a Hollywood celebrity with a massive budget and zero experience of the realities of war.Something of an antidote to the usual war film cheerleading, and not one to appeal to MMRPG playing geeks.