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I enjoyed the movie alot, it was very intense like you said and yet it was not glamourised warfare like I imagined the position the movie might take(ie going to strip clubs, hooking up with hookers, doing drugs, etc) which I know goes on a lot but it was nice to see the story from the eyes of a pure adrenaline junkie. The ending was very realistic also and sad.