the result is caught somewhere between different modes of wartime satire, from the outrageous vulgar banter of "In the Loop" to the cruder spoofs of "Lord of War." It builds up a lot of tangential plot points and overstuffs the ensemble
not funny enough to be satire, not realistic enough to count as political commentary, not exciting enough to work as a war movie, David Michod's supposedly Helleresque romp, released on Netflix, is an imperfect non-storm of unsuccess
by Peter Bradshaw [The Guardian ]
