Review of The Secret Scripture (2017) by Eludiumq36 — 23 Jul 2016

There are SO many ways this story could have been filmed/portrayed. Michael Bay decided to stay with just the action in the field. Max Martini, who you loved in the tv series "The Unit", reprises a similar role here so that was fun.

There's no political aspersions cast at all which is obviously Bay's protection of Obama and Hillary, so that entire part of this tragedy is not represented at all. Also, the soldiers' discussions were decidedly politically-correct when you KNOW they used very derogatory language so I don't appreciate that element of realism being nixed by Mr Bay.

The film's a bit long at 138-mins so I FF'ed through some of the slower parts. For the most part the pacing was decent, and the action was well done. There are many things you come away with after watching this event play out.

One was that our guys were very fortunate that they faced a relatively unsophisticated, unprotected enemy, otherwise it would've been much worse for all. Bay's interpretation and presentation of this important event was decent, but it could've been SOOO much better and far more influential.