As a human relationship movie it is very standard, the usual war is hell BS, standard, predictable, nothing noteworthy. The dilemma of killing, the crew cracking up, its over the top, and all been done before and better. It reeks of Israeli propaganda, 'the human face' of the Israeli soldier, under the guise of the directors own 'traumatic' experiences in Lebanon.
As a war movie it is beyond unrealistic (but lacking suspension of disbelief). I can understand the theatrical requirement to increase the size of the interior of the turret, but the lack of helmets worn by the tank crew, I don't get (probably the actors agents demanding that we see their pretty faces), they would be dead after half an hour of driving off road, nor could they communicate with each other.
The lack of chain of command, team work and camaraderie in the tank is not credible. Tankers do not and cannot work this way. The only realistic moment is when Herzel (Oshri Cohen) shouts at the rest of the crew that they are going to get him killed because of their inability to function.
And for those that thought that peeing in the ammo box was shockingly realistic, not so. In a Centurion tank, you use a used canon shell casing, so that you can throw it out though the shell loading portal, without the need to open a hatch.
I also served in Lebanon, from 1985-1987, in an IDF tank.
As a war movie it is beyond unrealistic (but lacking suspension of disbelief). I can understand the theatrical requirement to increase the size of the interior of the turret, but the lack of helmets worn by the tank crew, I don't get (probably the actors agents demanding that we see their pretty faces), they would be dead after half an hour of driving off road, nor could they communicate with each other.
The lack of chain of command, team work and camaraderie in the tank is not credible. Tankers do not and cannot work this way. The only realistic moment is when Herzel (Oshri Cohen) shouts at the rest of the crew that they are going to get him killed because of their inability to function.
And for those that thought that peeing in the ammo box was shockingly realistic, not so. In a Centurion tank, you use a used canon shell casing, so that you can throw it out though the shell loading portal, without the need to open a hatch.
I also served in Lebanon, from 1985-1987, in an IDF tank.