Mildly amusing satire on the leadership of the war in Afghanistan. Pitt plays the cigar chomping general (who for health reasons doesn't actually smoke) put in charge of leading the coalition forces against an insurgency which effectively gets stronger with every enemy combatant and civilian killed. Competently made and passes the time well enough but there's nothing here we haven't seen or heard before. Perhaps if the humour had been darker, it might have been more successful.
As it is, it's a film that left me sad, weary and feeling like I'd watched a bit of a mess that had outstayed its welcome by the end. Not unlike the situation in Afghanistan actually so maybe job done on reflection.
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