Though this one begins stunningly (at times more jawdropping than Saving Private Ryan’s ultra-violent opening), and the acting etc is pretty solid throughout (if you can get past the wall-to-wall dodgy accents), it fizzles out very fast. I admire simplicity in movies, but somehow I expected a lot more from this than a continuing face-off between snipers and lovers of war. James Horner’s score, too, seems to start out well (it’s a good sign that it almost doesn’t sound like James Horner for once) but quickly becomes annoyingly repetitive. It has some very moving moments towards the end, and Rachel Weisz is beautiful as usual, but nothing can save it from being truly average.

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