Sayasam Well, this film is not bad. Really not bad. But that's not what I expected to this kind of film.Consider this film as a journey book of a danish advanced military base.It does not contain much action, emotion or anything but it shows things as they are.Action movie lovers will be disappointed, but army fans will like the honesty behind it.This film can give emotions if you engaged to army or if someone of your family did. But that's kinda all.

Guy ARMADILLO is a documentary about a company of Danish soldiers in Helmand province in Afghanistan, though it focuses on a handful of characters in the same platoon.The most notable thing about this documentary is the combination of the exotic and the familiar. Denmark is not a nation I know well but what was so fascinating about this documentary was the ways in which the young Danish soldiers were similar to friends of mine in the British Army- and also the ways in which they were completely alien. The documentary itself is well put together, mixing the lyricism of a foreign land with the power of modern armies and the confusion of battle. All of this was part of a simple story as the Danes did a single tour of duty. The camera-work was highly effective and the editing excellent. The film- makers don't impose themselves except when strictly necessary to explain events or details. Most of the film is told simply, through the words and actions of those recorded. It gives the film a powerful honesty.The most interesting part of the documentary is towards the end when the Danes attack a ditch and kill a number of Taliban. Later questions are asked as to whether this was a war crime, whether they grenaded and sprayed with bullets, enemies who were trying to surrender (or too wounded to resist). The entire event, in all its confusion, is captured on film. The audience can therefore decide for themselves. Were the Taliban surrendering/wounded? What would they have done if they were in the boots of the Danes? The best feature war documentary out of Afghanistan so far.

stensson Denmark has troops in Afghanistan. Here we follow a group of soldiers during their sex months in Taliban land. They are followed very closely by the camera man. In fact so close, that we duck together with him, when the machine gun fire starts.What's controversial here and has caused much debate in Denmark is the possibility of a war crime being committed, almost in front of our eyes. We can't judge, but we also see Danish soldiers being hurt and we follow the debriefing afterwards.The interesting thing is the loyalty conflict, which appears and which you will watch for yourself. Watch is war morality about? Anyway, these documentary takes us in every way nearer war conditions than most movies shown before, even from Vietnam.

Goettschwan This is hands down the best war documentary I have ever seen. Most of it is beautifully filmed and put together, and it is showing how things are. I am a civilian, with a big interest in these things, and had my attention drawn to this movie because it seemed to get a thumbs up from people in the military. It sure shows controversial things, but balances them all the way, and show us both the civilian side with their troubles, and the danish soldiers side. Even at its controversial high point after a shootout it stays very neutral, and as such is a masterpiece of showing people the daily life of a soldier. My only gripe is that I had wished it a little longer, with more scenes that show the boredom that such a place must surely be, when nothing is happening.