War is grand and heroic! Pretty uniforms and lots of medals, right? Bravo Two Zero begs to differ. Knowing the mission will go downhill, knowing the team doesn’t make it to safety, knowing the torture McNab endures-these things are disturbing and so gut wrenching to us because these aren’t things we civilians are supposed to know. In Bravo Two Zero, however, its not knowing what happens or why it happens, but the arduous getting there is how this film gets you. Since he wrote a book based on his experiences, we know McNab survives his ordeal, and if we know he gets captured, then we also know the happy go luckily opening of the film will soon turn grim. There’s really no way around spoilers this time I suppose. Unfortunately, McNab and two of his men are captured and sent to the bowels of an Iraqi prison. When the mission is disastrously compromised, McNab and his men race to the Syrian border in hopes of rescue and safety. SAS Sergeant Andy McNab (Bean) must take his team into Iraq to locate the crucial launchers and communication lines of Baghdad. This disturbing Gulf War film-based on the book by Andy McNab- however, transcends star power with its grit and scary realism. Eerily Disturbing and Necessary Bravo Two ZeroĪlright I confess, I was initially interested in the 1999 war drama Bravo Two Zero because of its star Sean Bean.
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