Jarhead 2 field of fire (review)

IMDb "Battle-scarred and disillusioned by the war, Corporal Chris Merrimette is put in charge of a unit whose next mission is to resupply a remote outpost on the edge of Taliban-controlled territory. While driving through the hostile Helmand province, a Navy SEAL flags down their convoy and enlists the unit on an operation of international importance: they must help an Afghan woman famous for her defiance of the Taliban escape the country. Without tanks or air support, Merrimette and his team will need all the courage and firepower they can muster to fight their way across the war-torn country and shepherd the woman to safety."

The film has little in common with the original jarhead other than the title (jarhead = US marine) And is filmed in Bulgaria, although the locations look pretty good.

Sadly for me the film didn't work, after the original Jarhead this was a poor follow up.  I never really engaged with any of the characters, and frankly there were too many mistakes. The small squad keep saying how low on ammunition they are, but still keep blazing away on full auto, the truth is they'd have been out of ammo in about 3 or 4 minutes right at the start of the shooting.  Even when they kill enemy soldiers (some with vehicles) theres no attempt to take the enemys weapons or ammo (or the vehicles for that matter) they just keep on with what they have and never run out of amunition.

Waynes rating   3/10   (don't watch if you enjoyed the original movie)