IMDb "I Am Soldier follows Mickey Tomlinson (Tom Hughes), a military chef, who
attempts the most dangerous military selection known to man: The
Special Air Service (S.A.S.) selection. The S.A.S. Is the United
Kingdom's most renowned Special Forces Regiment, tasked with life
threatening missions in some of the most dangerous places on the planet.
Mickey has more military experience than simply being a chef, something
he doesn't let on to the other candidates... Mickey is smashed by this
selection process - his mind, body and soul scream for mercy as he
endures torturous speed-marches over the steepest mountains, running for
his life during 'Escape and Evasion' and then facing the most evil
interrogation possible, during the deadly phase known as: 'Tactical
Questioning.' Even after everything, there is still only one way you can
really prove yourself: in combat... Many try to get into the S.A.S.
Only the elite make it."
Well where do I start? The film is set in Wales/England with some of the footage of real locations (the Brecon beacons ) It would appear that the production crew got the military details from a book, probably Andy Mcnab (real name Steven ) anyway while some of the details are spot on, many others are totally wrong, theres also a big chunk of the selection process missing, the jungle traning.
The film stars Tom Huges as Micky an army chef taking part in winter selection (theres a summer selection as well) also in the movie is Nole Clarke (micky from dr who) he plays a sort of up market Ross Kemp from ultimate force, with a beard which you cant have as the gas masks wont seal around your face.
The first part of the film is based around the selection process, the later half is the small group and the Sergeant carrying out a mission to save London.
Now why only 6 men including the sniper take on 11 bad guys armed with machine guns and a dirty bomb isn't explained, nor is it explained why 2 new recruits are part of this mission. Logically it would make more sense to send a bigger more experienced group.
While I could sort of live with the mistakes like sunshine through a window in Wales at 4.30 on a winters morning, what drove me barking mad was the way it was filmed. It's filmed in a sort of desaturated arty docudrama style, thats bad enough but for some reason the transitions between shots keep cutting to blackouts, add in the flickering/strobing effects and it's hard going just watching the thing.
I seriously advise you not to watch this if you suffer from photosensitive epilepsy
Waynes rating 3/10 watch it for views of the Brecon beacons in winter (and leg it before the crap ending)
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