Tuesday, December 01, 2020

Under fixed stars

Camp Keating was an outpost in Afghanistan surrounded by mountains and gun-toting Talibans. It probably was the most dangerous place on earth. After a clichéd start of basic wartime images and military banter, the movie proceeds towards explosive finalé. Reminiscences of Ridley Scott's Black Hawk Down (2001) and starring Clint Eastwood's son Scott who is a spitting image of his old man.

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