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Burke is interested in people not politics, keeping the focus on the sudden outbreaks of inhumanity and humanity in the madness, expertly crafting his thriller from the swirling fog of war.

Running alongside the film's more elegiac sweep is a cut-glass wit.

It's not that it's bad - if anything it's just upsetting - but it's also disappointing. There could have been more.

This is a grown-up film not ashamed to ask its audience to think rather than mindlessly emote.

This is not just a war film. It is an artistic triumph.

Throughout the film, there's a feeling that the writers are picking their way gingerly through a minefield of possible problems, thereby failing to commit fully to the character of Steven Morrissey.

What comes across more than anything is how the American way dominates.

With impressive, performances all round, this is a film that grips throughout despite its slow pace.

The ease with which McQueen shifts the tone from very serious argument to light-hearted banter is sterling.

The film rattles along at a fair pace, peppered with gentle warmth and good humour.

The script is lean, the sword edges keen and the characters mean.

The tensions are taut and the feelings genuine