...about men who are exhausted, bored, lonely, trained to the point of obsession and given no opportunity to use their training.

It’s a technical marvel; Mendes, working with new cinematographer and regular Coen brothers’ collaborator Roger Deakins, peppers the screen with visuals to stir the loins of any red-blooded male.

...det här är en utomordentligt grabbig film. Det osar testosteron i de kamouflagegröna tälten...

...én lang række autonome scener, der hver især forsøger at skildre soldaternes mentale forfald...