The amount you like this movie may be dependant on three factors
01.Whether you find the premise credible - the premise being the reintroduction of the draft to military service in the USA, and whether you can believe that three friends would all be drafted at the same time.
02. Whether you believe that premise was executed in a likely manner.
03. The believability of the actors playing the three characters who were drafted.
I found the premise highly improbable, but accepted it for the sake of the movie, I found the execution even more unlikely and was disappointed we did not get a real insight into political machinations and the protest movement and the things that would have in reality been happening. We got glimpses of this but not enough.
the acting performances varied Chris Klein was out of his depth, Jon Bernthal did well, Ginnifer Goodwin and Elisabeth Moss were both good. Ally Sheedy was there as well in a small role, looking older than I remember her.
the standout performance though was from Elijah Wood, who stole the movie and whose journey we followed the best, and whose character was I found the most unlikely and the most believable if that makes sense.
Overall an average movie which could have been so much more.
Elijah Wood = 24/34.
My rating = 6/10.
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