I Am Soldier

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I really wanted to love this. Not because I'm that much of a fan of 'war movies' in general, but I just liked the premise, i.e. seeing what it takes to be part of the S.A.S. (something that I would never be able to do myself, due to being too addicted to comfy sofas, Playstation and takeaway pizza – apparently the world's toughest soldiers aren't allowed any of these during missions). The story follows two recruits (each with their own personal demons) as they go on an S.A.S. training mission in the British wilderness to see if they have what it takes. I won't tell you if they succeed or not, only that I wouldn't have made it for five minutes. Noel Clarke (Kidulthood) is one of their various 'drill sergeant-type figures' who is there to mentor them as they go and he does his best to lift the film out of mediocrity. He's about the only star you may really recognise. And, perhaps that's one of the film's main faults: it screams 'cheapness' at all times. It has no real big name actors and the dialogue and acting talent on show isn't exactly top drawer. However, its bleakness does add a level of realism to the film that gives you quite an overall gritty tone. I've read comments online about how there are blatant errors in the story. These seem to all come from people who have actually served in the military and can spot when a British soldier gives an American salute (I didn't even know there were two different types!). But, from my completely nonexistent military background, no 'factual errors' were apparent. If I had to guess I'd say this was a reasonable portrayal as to how tough recruits have it. I rolled my eyes more when our two recruits encounter an attractive woman on the train, only for her to 'coincidently' show up a few scenes later. It's not perfect and definitely isn't for everybody. But if you're in the mood for something gritty and brutal, plus you like soldier movies in general, give it a go. It's not the longest of films, so you won't feel like you've invested too much of your life in it anyway. http://thewrongtreemoviereviews.blogspot.co.uk/

Very low budget film. If you liked ultimate force then you will probably like this too. As soon as i seen Alex Reid in the story line i instantly thought ultimate force. I initially thought it was going to be a documentary type of film. How wrong. It only contains a few facts about the SAS and its selection. This film could have been a lot better. It should have been a lot more factual that it actually appears. Never mind. Hopefully there won't be a 2nd making of it. However if there is then hopefully they spend a little more money.

The storyline does not even make sense somehow he was a chef before but then it shows flashbacks of him throwing himself in a parachute obviously in battle.Most of the movie is just watching the main characters trained and trained it gets pretty repetitive.The resolution is pretty bad even some indie movies have better resolution than this.They should at least made a ceremonial for his diseased friend but instead they have more facts at the end.Its up to you if you want to watch this movie ,I know this sounds critical. But at the end of the movie you get this feeling of disappointment that leaves you with many questions about develop ideas during the movie that did not get resolved at the end.