I watched this movie last night and it is one of the better movies I have seen in a long time. It is a documentary that starts in the summer of 2007, and it follows the deployment of a platoon of US soldiers in Afghanistan's Korengal Valley for 15 months. This valley has been labeled one of the most dangerous places in the world. The troops that are stationed there come under enemy fire at least every day and sometimes up to 10 times a day. The Taliban fight from caves and huts so they are a tough enemy to find. It was very interesting to see how the platoon developed as time went along. I give anyone in the service credit because you go through a lot. Before this movie I always thought that they just bombed anywhere in Afghanistan that they thought the enemy was hiding. Not true. The army actually goes out on patrols to make sure that they can keep civilian casualties to a minimum.
This movie really put the war in Afgahinstan in a new perspective for me. I know it didnt cover the whole war or even get into the politics of it but it did a great job at showing how hard we are working over there.
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