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Sand Castle (2017)

April. 21,2017
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6.3
| Drama Action War

Set during the occupation of Iraq, a squad of U.S. soldiers try to protect a small village.

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aquascape
2017/04/21

Another Netflix original war drama film that tries to struck gold, as it did with the breathtaking "Beasts of No Nation", but sad to say it doesn't meet the same expectations."Sand Castle" takes the events of the Iraq War to more of a rehabilitation effort during the conflicts. It follows a platoon of soldiers who must restore the water system of a Iraqi village that was bombed by the same US Army. While the soldiers were doing damage control, the tension between them and the villagers is palpable and dangerous, put significantly on screen in great lengths by director Fernando Coimbra.This movie won't leave you thinking at the end of it nor will it be imprinted on your brain for time to come, but it's a very good approach to an Iraq War setting and from a point of view where the US army helps the native communities.

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adonis98-743-186503
2017/04/22

Set during the occupation of Iraq, a squad of U.S. soldiers try to protect a small village. Sand Castle is a film that i wanted to check for sometime now mostly for Henry Cavill's role and to be honest? I was letdown a bit he is hardly in the film he has somewhere around 15mins of screen time and he is great and one scene in particular was hilarious also Logan Marshall-Green was suprising great in his role as well and as for Nicholas Hoult? He seemed lost to me he was acting as a soldier and not playing one and the same goes for the rest of the Cast especially that scene with the cigar? at the roof? was so over the top and made no sense also the film screams at the audience 'America this and America that' but there's some great action packed war sequences and i'm gonna be honest their directed well. But this film was nowhere what i was expecting it to be and Cavill's lack of screen time made things even worse for me and even tho it's not as bad as 12 Strong is not that great either. (5/10)

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offsmith
2017/04/23

The movie is slow to develop, with the first 60-65 minutes strung out with few to little action and not much developing other than some small character relationships and developments.The movie I feel does a great job from a soldiers perspective in what some deal with and how they cope. In addition to how the botherhood bonding is and takes place as well as how one's feelings change over time. The movie picks up with fury for the last 45 minutes with some great battle scenes and some sadness. Again the characters take on massive character changes and the relationships come into play. The main character is very easy to relate with and like-able. The main character also has a very good character arc. Good story line and plot as well. I recommend this movie.

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kckek
2017/04/24

In a strong field of bad movies, this has to be the worst. Wrong vehicles, wrong tanks, wrong radios, bad example of tactics, banter, etc. Everything about this is garbage. There are hundreds of thousands of veterans who could have corrected any of these errors, if the producers cared to even ask. I usually overlook small things, but everything about this is wrong. I turned it off after 20 minutes, when it got too insulting to watch, but that's still 20 minutes I'll never get back.

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