GUENOT PHILIPPE I don't say this because I am French, but I highly prefered the movie PIEGE, released in 2014 and telling nearly the very same topic. But the French feature was twenty minutes shorter, and for this kind od scheme, it's an important point. This film is also inspired by BURIED, from which many rip-offs were made: cave, car trunk, close places of any kind...And the hallucination mixed with flashback elements don't help much to totally appreciate this movie. At least for my own taste. The ending is pure garbage. Forget it at all costs !!!!

jimbo-53-186511 Mike (Armie Hammer) and his colleague and spotter Tommy (Tom Cullen) are both tasked with assassinating a high profile terrorist. However, the assassination attempt fails and when they are spotted by the terrorists both men are forced to run for their lives across the desert. After evading capture, the two men decide to walk to the nearest village (after their GPS fails), but tragedy ensues when Tommy steps on a land mine (resulting in him losing both his legs). Things worsen when Mike also steps on a land mine, but he has the foresight to keep his foot on it (in order to not trigger an explosion). As a result of this, Mike is forced to endure several hours and days in the desert and must use all of his skills to try to survive this terrifying ordeal...For the most part, Mine is a fairly engrossing film (although I found Tom Cullen's character to be a little irritating truth be told). However, when Mike is isolated in the desert on his own then the film does become much more involving - the unfortunate predicament that he finds himself in did help to keep me involved in the story.Despite the seriousness of Mike's predicament, the film does have a sometimes surprisingly light-hearted tone; a local villager discovering Mike alone in the desert who doesn't seem to grasp the peril of the situation that Mike is facing was a really nice touch to the film and provided the film with some humour; it actually balanced the film out well as he would often turn up after Mike has faced a perilous night alone in the desert. This villager isn't merely there as comic relief however and he does inject some pathos to the film and understands Mike's predicament more than Mike initially believes.In the latter stages of the film we start to witness Mike slowly losing his mind after he has spent a number of hours and days alone in the desert. I can understand what the filmmakers were trying to do here, but a lot of these moments felt a little choppy and messy - they are effective in the moment I suppose, but they don't add much to the film and don't really allow us to learn much about the principal character. Some of the lighting and editing is quite poor as well which sometimes took me slightly out of the action - although I'll admit that I was never bored when watching this film.Armie Hammer (yes I know he sounds like a brand of toothpaste) is not an actor that I'm all that familiar with; I've seen him in the film version of The Man From Uncle, but that's the only other film I've seen him in as far as I can recall. To be fair I liked him in The Man From Uncle and I thought he was solid in this film as well. Carrying a film for large portions of time on your own is probably the most challenging job that can be bestowed upon an actor, but Hammer does a great job here and takes us through this perilous and emotionally draining journey very well.The major issue I had with this film is mainly down to the narrative; we see at the start that Mike steps on a land mine, but it's revealed at the end that he actually stepped on a tin can (it's explained earlier in the film that the villager dug up some of the land mines and replaced them with tin cans so that the metal detectors wouldn't know any different). This was a bit of a rug pull to me as you could hear something click when Mike stepped on what we all believed to be a land mine. Also wouldn't it have been better if the whole section about replacing land mines with tin cans was omitted till the end and thrown in as a twist? I suspect that when this was revealed about halfway through the film that some people may have seen what happened at the end coming..All in all though this is a fairly enjoyable and engrossing film (despite some sloppiness within the narrative). It won't be for everyone, but for anyone that enjoys watching a 'one man surviving against near impossible odds' type of film then I would say that Mine is worth a look.

amhytm WTF bad things seen at the start of the movies, sniper cant shoot because of wedding? (why he go for battle). GPS easily to broken? Cant Even shoot 5 enemy rebel with rifle with sniper? 5vs2 cant shoot? Soldier walking backward inside the enemy desert with too much talking? That movie so much Bobo! .. bad. Is such American Commando like that guy so weak?

LeonLouisRicci Intensely Irritating. When the Tension in a Nail-Biting Thriller becomes Intolerably Corny, the Intention is Lost and the Frustrating Factor Fills in.The Side Character of Tommy (Tom Cullen) begins the Annoying Dialog and Behavior even before the Movie has a Chance to Gain some Interest and Momentum. It won't be the Last Thing that gets on the Nerves (and not in a good way).Everything Starts to become Bothersome. The Aloof, Inattentive Voice on the Radio from Headquarters, the Indigenous Goof that Starts the "Theme" or "Message" of the Movie. You've Gotta "Move On".Most Annoying of All is the Dripping with Clichés Flashbacks, Especially the Father, but also the Wife. The Third Act is Full of Itself and it just goes On and On to the Breaking Point of Audience Acceptance.Overall, the Film is too Heavy Handed, Corny, and Unending. It also is Bound to the Greatest of Movie Missteps. A Movie Must Move. This one is so Weighted with its own Heaviness that it Ain't Going Anywhere. Be Prepared to be Stuck in the Sand with Bad Writing and Over the Top Sentimentality.Note...For what it's worth, the Movie Stars Armie Hammer.