I thought this was a great exercise in tension, extremely suspenseful, and strong acting by the three main people. Some of the details really resonated with me afterward-- the fly crawling on Mackie's eyelid, in particular. The focus necessary amidst the chaos... it was a stern reminder of what it must be like over there for someone like me with no idea of what it's like aside from movies and documentaries.

There were parts of it clearly inspired by the action genre, especially the going-off-on-your-own sequence. I actually really didn't like when he went into the city on a revenge mission, thinking it reeeeeeally took away from the reality of how things work over there. Even a clueless guy like me could tell that was phony as a 3 dollar bill.

Still, it was a very effective film, and Jeremy Renner acted his tail off.