Grant Heslov is better known as an actor, with his most famous role being in 'True Lies' as one of Arnold's team. He recently teamed up with fellow actor George Clooney to create a production company. George had a go at directing with 'Good Night, Good Luck' and now it is Grant's turn.
This film is based on a book with no real story line. Just a series of incidents and explanations. So writer Peter Straughan had a tough task of turning it into a coherent film with a plot. I don't think he entirely succeeded. He has written two story lines with Lyn Cassidy telling reporter Bob Wilton about his job with a series of flashbacks. To me this did not entirely work as I felt he should have stuck with one story line rather than move back and forth. That is not to say the film is not good but maybe not as great as I had hoped. The film is very funny and the fact that these situations are true is quite interesting. We see so many serious films about the military that it is great to see a fun story that is also true.
I am a big fan of George Clooney and the diversity of role that he chooses. He gives another fun performance here. I also like Ewan McGregor doing some comedy. Jeff Bridges plays this kind of hippy role so well. And it is great to see Kevin Spacey in something finally. My favourite though was Stephen Lang, playing a character so very different from the one he did in 'Avatar'.
A good but terribly great military comedy. A fun way to see all the outrageous things the US Army will do to defeat an enemy.
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