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6 / 10

“After the Rush…”
A jungle setting is the backdrop here as the “Heroes”, one a lifer snipe with 300 confirmed kills and the other is a rookie with a fetish for bulls eye targets and not filthy foreign flesh. This, of course, sets off a chain reaction of a love-hate relationship in the middle of a deadly assassination assault.

Both characters have moments of believability with Tom Berenger almost always assuring, but is haunted by his key-chain mementos of fallen fellow soldiers. Billy Zane is convincing as a whiny, reluctant participant that enters into a “Baptism of Fire” and becomes a convert.

This is a somewhat inconsistent and incoherent insight into the mind and soul of the Military’s role in global affairs and the personnel it trains and positions in ambiguous assignments where the motivations of the soldiers are “ours is not to wonder why…”.

Political and moral considerations aside, this can be enjoyed by the action and military fans that want their fiction to rely on psychology as much as patriotism. It is an engaging outing, if dense and heavy handed at times.Read More