Mike (Armie Hammer) and Tommy (Tom Cullen) are Marine snipers who fail to neutralize their target. The disappointed voice at the other end of the walkie-talkie informs the pair that ground vehicles weren’t requested for their mission. The only way home is on foot through a mine-laden desert. For the sake of the narrative, talkative Tommy takes the false step needed to blow him to ghostly bits. (Though that doesn’t stop his footless corpse from doing most of the expository legwork.) Mike lands with one boot pressed firmly against an active mine, and it is in this posture that he proceeds to spend the remaining two-thirds of the running time. With nowhere to go but deeper inside Mike’s fevered fantasy world, the writing-directing team of Fabio Guaglione and Fabio Resinaro step on a couple of dud subplots involving an abusive father and turbulent romance. The script doctor in me dreamt of an exhausted Mike accidentally dislodging his boot, breathing a sigh of relief, taking two steps backwards and… BOOM! The actual ending isn't bad, but frankly, mine is better. (2016) — Scott Marks
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