[sillyfluke]

If they had developed that whole backstory of an alliance (how loose is it, how close or apart are they politically despite the military alliance etc) it would have been a different, and in my opinion, much more interesting movie. It just felt it was leaning too much on the visceral war aspect of it, and that didn't contain enough originality to carry my interest frankly. Others have mentioned the style, I just found the style uninspired "Vietnam War nostalgia" including aping the glorification of photojournalists and the overemphasis on non-social media "respectable journalism" from older reputable Vietnam movies.