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I feel the other reviews for this film to be somewhat unfair, yes it'll never win any Oscars nor will it go down as an epic, I feel it certainly provides a fair amount of realism with regard to the selection process, being a former squaddie and in my early years having gone through the same selection process and failed miserably, I feel I can comment from first hand. All I can say is from a personal experience the film certainly portrays a realistic and brutal experience. Watching this film brought back some terrible memories that I would rather forget. If any squaddies currently serving is looking to do this selection course, trust me watch this film, well at least watch the first three quarters and it will give you a taster as to what to expect.

It is a low budget film, pretty poor acting and the end mission a complete let down and unprofessional acting, but nevertheless overall entertaining, therefore 6 stars.

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.

You know, there are at least 15-20 million of people in Europe that know how Serbian sounds like. Why insult them with pathetic attempts of non-native speakers trying to wrap their mouths around it in such a terrible manner that not even native Serbian could understand what a hell they're trying to say? It's unacceptable with today's technology. You could have found local Serbian teens, pay them a hamburger to dub those parts. This way it only amounts to super low production. Otherwise I can't say I didn't find some fun in the movie, even acting is not so bad as other reviews might make you think. If it only wasn't for those joke parts in which (supposedly native?) Serbian woman butchers the language to unspeakable extent...

I didn't expect much but for some unknown reason wanted to give it a go after reading a handful of positive reviews.

The movie starts out OK, with a pretty decent depiction of the SAS selection, some even shot on location in Hereford but then "Mickey" receive his beret and its all downhill from there (about last 10 minutes of the movie). Skipping years of following jungle training, arctic training etc he is thrown straight into action when Carters team is ordered to take down a terrorist cell, complete with some hand-held nuke/dirty bomb gizmo...

The assault is so unprofessional and uninterestingly filmed that I first thought it must be some kind of training but no. I was left with a feeling of "What just happened?" It was like somebody had throw in some action shot by some high-school-YouTube-home-movie-makers at the end after the filming had ended and it made it through the distribution process without anyone noticing.

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.

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This film portrays the demanding and selective path to join the UK's elite force (SAS). But it is weak and with a very basic plot/script. The TV reality show on which civilians go through a very similar process is more emotional than the movie. It portrays with realism, but it is very dull!

I recommend it to anyone who has interest in integrate SAS and wants to get a sense of what they are going to get into.

I feel that most of these reviews are unfair, and would point to the only soldier posting one who said it was a decent portrayal of the process. Perhaps they didn't follow the plot, judging from another getting upset that the protagonist was a cook, since we find out his full story later on, which explains that. I also wonder if it upset people because it doesn't follow the normal clichés of who the strong are, those unstated truisms that have been created in military movies made in the US. It is true that the hero is not some muscle-bound superhero, so what? It's not about fighting powerfully, it's about fighting smart.

I thoroughly enjoyed this film, for a non-soldier it felt realistic in a way most military films don't to me. It isn't pretty - but it shouldn't be. The acting is good - what others are talking about I don't know, I may not know many soldiers, but I was brought up in theatres and I know acting - we're not talking awards here, but it's solid work. The script is passable, there are some plot devices that could have been left out - it is by no means a perfect film, but well worth the watch.

It looks like the writer has watched a few documentaries on the SAS and then copy and pasted from some of Andy McNab's books, and still got it all wrong! I was surprised to see Miranda Raison in such a third rate effort, she should be able to do better. Some half decent acting from other members of the cast but unfortunately it couldn't compensate from the truly awful script and poor continuity. Anyone that has been to Wales knows not to expect bright sunshine in the morning during the winter, it's a rare enough occurrence in the summer! I had to watch it all the way through just to see if the end was as bad as the beginning, and I was not disappointed! More like Ultimate Force/Farce.

Although here and there it surely reminds of other movies and although some footage leans towards TV quality, this film is essentially nice.

It's the story of an initiation and even if you never fancied of enrolling yourself in an elite corp you can't help but empathizing with the young man nicely depicted by writer/director Ronnie Thompson and nicely played by Tom Hughes.

You won't truly believe the story and in the end you won't be left with any moral lesson, have learned something new or deepened any knowledge you already had. The girl (beautiful actress Alex Reid) however is attractive, Noel Clarke plays a catching Staff Sergeant Carter and if your expectations are not excessively high you'll feel nicely entertained.

Before I even went near this movie I read all the reviews and saw the rating so I started off with very low expectations, because the reviewers on IMBT are never wrong, right? LOL what a joke.

This turned out to be quite an enjoyable movie, nothing special, but not too shabby either. Most of the cast put in a good effort and it was good to see all the familiar faces (UK TV fan here).

While the some of the fighting near the end could have been done with improved choreography, for me it didn't really detract from the overall movie.

If you are going to see this don't expect too much, if you are looking for an over the top Hollywood blockbuster, give it a miss, you will be disappointed. If you are looking for a semi realistic 90 minutes of entertainment watch it.

Overlook the rating, this is better than a 4/10 movie. I gave it a 10 to counteract all the undeserving 1s. It deserves at least a 6/10.

Better than a lot of other war movies out there, when everyone is diving into bullets and everyone seems invisible.

The fight looks believable, the only issue for me was the plot, that could have done with some more work.

The romance was a bit unbelievable and didn't really seem to blend in well with the plot. The leading two characters were good but seem of the other young actors probably needed some work.

I thought the final parts of the movie was a bit rushed but don't want to give too much away. Overall, worth watching and although I did find it a little slow, nice look at what its like in the sas.

I like no-frills action films much more than the vast majority of big budget superhero films. This is one of those films. Despite a glaring weakness (only those who have served in elite unites will notice) of having Advanced Trainers participating in Ops, the film is pretty good. My old tennis doubles partner from Fort Bragg 82nd Airborne (my unit), was a trainer for other Airborne Rangers. One thing I learned from him was that the military almost never uses Advanced Trainers for combat missions; they are too valuable to lose. This film had TWO ATs in a combat mission; a very unlikely scenario. Other than that, this was a pretty good film.

this is farcical,

slow and boring and shows nothing of the SAS selection or what the men have to go through and endure.

And as above the idea of a girl meets boy in the selections? and the idea that she is some sort of spy as well?? no way! I Have seen better short movies from users on you tube

acting is OK, just.I have seen worse from a grade Hollywood actors though!

if you want a real idea of what the selections are like find the below "The search for Warriors"a 2 part documentary by the SBS on Aus SAS selections

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.

I never heard about this movie before I watched it, and quite frankly, I wasn't expecting I would sit through the whole thing. But I actually came to like it. Having seen many special forces selection documentaries, I liked how this focused on just one main character, instead of some random soldiers, whom we never get to learn about, as in the documentaries. As for realism, I found the selection training to be quite realistic. That is, it seems to fit very well with all the documentaries, but who really knows 'till you been there yourself? As for the lone action scene in the movie, I found it a bit lacking. It could have been a lot worse though. It's a low budget movie, but they generally used what they had well.

An alright movie, just one thing majorly annoyed me: There is SO much use of "black screen". Sometimes with sound, other times with nothing. At times I felt like 20% of the movie showed a black screen.

After sitting in films like "The Elite Squad", this film represents the current training that many teams of Special Operations have to overcome.

Are these physical and psychological exercises that originated hundreds of books with PsyOps nomenclature.

Brave soldiers, in order to be part of Team Intervention Against War and Terrorism, which are part of our current days. A coming UK history, begins with hundreds of candidates that only the strongest can overcome.

It is a film that focuses on the main requirement that is essential for extreme operations, the ELITE.

I agree there were many (IMHO) unfair reviews of this movie. I agree this one wasn't destined for Oscars, but it was better than many of the reviews it got here.

What I saw was a look at a couple guys trying out for the SAS. The selection process was not an in-depth look at how recruiting and training for this elite regiment is carried out, but I don't think that is the effect being sought after. Notes were given as the number of cadets was whittled down, and after the cut was made, a brief look at a single mission was given. I did think the ending left a LOT to be desired! There were holes left, questions unanswered, and a general feeling of WTF?? left in my mind, which reduces my overall number of stars. However, this was an interesting and otherwise reasonably well-done movie and I was not left with the feeling of 'there's 90 minutes of my life I'll never get back'. If you're expecting Rambo, or Full Metal Jacket, keep looking, this isn't it... but it also is no Lair of the White Worm (my go-to total turkey movie I use to compare a complete unpolished turd). It is worthy of a look, although probably not an addition to a DVD collection.

Overall a disappointing depiction of what real SAS training and operations are like. Basic storytelling, turned the movie off once they started spraying bullets and engaging in some terrible fighting choreography.

The movie lacked character development, and went from peaking my interest to outright losing it. The director would have benefitted from having some former SAS servicemen on set to provide some accurate portrayal, rather than it looking like a bunch of inexperienced kids running around playing airsoft, holding guns incorrectly.

Watching ten minutes of YouTube could have provided the director with a more realistic insight into how our special forces operate and conduct themselves.

It's a disappointing misrepresentation of how soldiers engage in battle with some extremely flawed logic when it comes to making combat decisions.