Dar Salim co-stars as a military interpreter whose heroic efforts to deliver Gyllenhaal’s injured U.S. Army sergeant to safety put him on the Taliban’s most wanted list.
dials things down to a pleasing degree, focusing more on human factors like honor, loyalty and dogged perseverance in the war thriller. That doesn’t mean the director has abandoned his taste for brawny physical elements.
But this is a serious-minded, well-acted drama that shows just as keen an interest in character, specifically the integrity of two men from vastly different cultures who provide the story of brotherhood and survival with its racing pulse.
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