Not exact matches
While this is certainly a message that few would find fault with, with better films about the experience of combat vets returning home, setting the film up
in the Iraq
War and then delivering manipulative and mawkish drama where
realistic portrayals should be isn't the
way to go about it.
Set
in 1991 amidst the beginnings of civil
war in Yugoslavia, this is a brutal film,
in every right
way: an antidote to the CNN - ification of
war news, here is a frank,
realistic depiction of total, practically apocalyptic
war, one
in which civilians and journalists are targeted and an entire nation is laid ruin.
Infinity
War has always been careful to fictionalise its modern - day settings, and while this could be viewed as a something of a cop out, it's also a smart
way of providing
realistic combat situations and equipment without becoming mired
in politics.