For starters, the movie gets absolutely everything wrong about events of the Bosnian war, but since such ignorance is expected from Hollywood, there is no reason to hold it against this particular title.
The premise of the movie is good, the basic story is decent, but the script could have been written a lot better. The two characters past never gets satisfyingly explained. If this had been directed by John McTiernan as originally suggested, I believe it could have been great. Sadly, instead we got the guy who did Daredevil and he once again delivered a bland, uninspiring product.
The acting is acceptable but not inspired, Travolta did his best to hold a consistent accent (though the wrong one) throughout the movie, while De Niro looked more like he was only concerned with the paycheck.
All in all, the movie is not terrible, I guess it wouldn't kill you to watch it if you have nothing better to do for an hour and a half.
The sad thing is this could have been a much better movie... perhaps even a classic.
5/10
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