kosmasp
So he can act, may be one of the things some people might say after watching this. But it would unfair judging someone just by one movie they did (I have only seen the first 50 shades movie so far). So in company of some really good actors and in battle portraying a real incident/event from the past, he succeeds to convey more emotion than in a movie that is supposed to be about emotions/feelings.But let's stay with this, and its politics. Sometimes you find yourself being a pawn for someone else and not really being able to go anywhere else. So only thing/way to go is forward. And that's what this movie is about (and courage), amidst one of the worst situations you can find yourself imprisoned in. Since this is war, there is violence of course, and there will be almost unbelievable situations. But this actually happened (more or less), which makes it even more powerful
Andrei Minin
Hi from Russia!The movie is good, but it is far from real story (as many movies).I researched 1960th Congo war a bit after watching this movie and found some interesting facts (sorry for poor English): Many attackers (africans) were archers or had pump rifles (but most white instructors were professionals). UN contingent was placed near Jadotville to protect white population of Jadotville but (surprise) white population was against UN contingent. Heave weapon haven't been used by gendarmes against UN troops - the target was to capture UN Irish, not to kill them all. This is most important fact explaining number of casualties on both sides (and gendarmes are not as good as army troops).Fighting scenes in the movie looks like a massacre of the innocents, I personally have nothing against the Irish, the are good guys and fighters but this movie doesn't show them as on real war, at 100% of their capabilities, it is more like being on training with live targets, shooting untrained cannon fodder armed by pistol caliber machine guns in open field by heavy machine guns and rifles. Yes, UN guys had some stress and 5 wounded but it is not a battle with equal enemy. And it was not 24/7 battle, UN personnel could visit church, make photos, sleep at night, not drinking water with diesel (it is not a whiskey, but when you want to drink, some diesel in the water is not a problem), etc.If someone is interested to find more about real story of UN in Congo war, they should check story of UN 99th Indian brigade in Katanga, who bore the brunt of the fighting in Katanga, together with Ethiopians. I hope one day someone will make movie about them (may be Bollywood?).
