Flow
Sorry to say so but war movies mixed with horror rarely succeed. Besides Outpost and for some Dog Soldiers, not many such productions come to mind.I for one got bored out of my mind, I wanted to go with the flow, see what is about to happen next, but they made sure the viewer would hit a wall and stay there. It had potential, it had a good premise, even a good direction but the destination itself is laughable. It should have done better.All in all, The Objective is a pass from my point of view as it offers nothing new, nothing exciting, just a story said many times before under a different director but not a different direction. Trust me on this one. Cheers!
Theo Robertson
Afghanistan November 2001 and the Taliban who have ruled the country under a jackboot for several years have been ousted . A CIA operative is embedded with an American special forces team and leads them on a secret mission in the South of the country . After a fire fight with the Taliban where several insurgents are killed the SF team are puzzled in finding the bodies of the dead have disappeared , almost as if they'd never existed I've got to put my hand up and say I knew this was a cross genre movie before I watched it . If you're expecting a straight laced action thriller set in the 'Stan then you might be surprised as to where this is heading . Director Daniel Myrick does play up to the film being set in a very real time and place , giving the movie an almost documentary look with hand-held cameras and cinema verite style but this isn't how the film progressesForeshadowing is a difficult thing . Play your hand too soon and the audience might be one step ahead of the characters and boredom sets in , play it too late and the audience will feel cheated so the writers deserve some credit in keeping the audience intrigued . I did have a rough idea where everything was heading and was still interested , though wasn't entirely gripped . Some credit too for bringing in a little bit of past history to Afghanistan involving Alexander The Great's ill fated expedition to the country and the reference of the British retreat from Kabul in the 19th Century . A graveyard of empires indeed Everything's chugging along nicely and THE OBJECTIVE is a engaging little horror/war film with some good locations and a small non star cast . The problem lies in the last five minutes which I had difficulty in understanding . Again it's not down too much or too little foreshadowing but the fact it remains unexplained which diluted my enjoyment of the film slightly which I was enjoying up to this point
km_staple
Mostly boring, I fell asleep through part of it. Would not recommend unless you just have nothing better to do. It started off promising but I just kept waiting for something to happen. The plot was an interesting premise, the execution of it was just a bit off. It did pick up toward the middle but disappointed with the ending. The acting was pretty good, I think the story was just lacking. If the ending had been better, I would say it was worth watching. It was free on cinemax this week, so I thought I would check it out. It wasn't the worst movie I've watched this week. I do love these kinds of movies that are mysterious and scary without be overly gory.
BakuryuuTyranno
It's understandable this was in the science fiction section of Bluckbuster. It has unexplained phenomena that characters are subjective to, something often capable of unsettling people. Howevr, here its played for mystery value, as often there were scenes that didn't feel like the audience was supposed to get scared.The characters were, aside from the character of Abdul, not terribly indistinguishable. The protagonist was mainly separate from the others by being from the Government rather than the military, but besides being more aware of the phenomena he was quite bland. The chief officer was mainly distinguishable from the others only because he provided conflict with the protagonist.The others - one died quickly, one became sick, and, honestly, that's the closest to characterisation I remember them getting.Despite this, its quite interesting and, despite early resemblance to "Death Watch" and "Outpost", its a different film.
AD
