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Jarhead 2: Field of Fire (2014)
Nice to watch but extremely painful in logic department
This is full of spoilers so don't read it if you want to watch this, but in my humble opinion it does not matter. It is a good ride if you want action but reasons goes out the window from moment go.
For purely entertainment value I would like to give this movie a solid 9, but:
as an action movie this is not so bad. Action is non-stop and it has a relatively believable (to movie goers, not military personnel, and I am not one of them) story. Special effects are also good, and actors are acting better than in most B/straight to video/TV movies. Unfortunately logic has no place here at all.
Movie starts with attack on US held outpost. Outpost is nowhere near a hill top, this is 21 century with choppers providing supplies and so on, this is a matter of life and death. If that wasn't enough there are cliffs at distances of no more than 20 meters overlooking this base, from which enemy fighters can shoot down marines at will. Even guards towers - presumably build for defense - are below these rocks at distances of no more than 20 meters. No need for insurgents to aim, just shoot, yet that base is somehow not overrun. It is simply not possible for any military to construct bases like that, unless singular aim of leadership of said military organization is creating martyrs. And somehow I don't believe it is a goal of US marines.
Than we have a convoy. Four vehicles: first one is heavily loaded with supplies unarmored truck, next two are the marine Humvees and the last one of course is unprotected loaded with supplies truck. Perfect scenario for an ambush. Why even bother with these two Humvees in the middle? Shoot unarmored leading and closing vehicles first on barely passable mountain track and no one should survive. This scenario has been done in Vietnam since 1950's (when French were there) and during USSR intervention in Afghanistan in late 1970's (guess where this movie takes place), yet apparently nobody in US military learned the lessons.
Then we have a firefight with a Taliban's RPG exploding inside a house (a single room) where all heroes are defending themselves, sending them to the floor incapacitated. Taliban enters the house - after sustaining heavy casualties - searches for a target and leaves. Leaving all marines dazed, armed and vengeful, but uninjured. Yet in earlier scene one of the marines themselves - after a firefight - executes wounded Taliban insurgent because he was upset that couple of his friend were killed/injured. I dread to even contemplate who is supposed to have a moral high ground here and this is not a movie that preaches like original Jarhead was.
I am not going to continue with the final scenes, because I think I made my point. Great mindless flick to watch, but beware: once you start to use most simplistic logic all is going to hell extremely fast.