Don't listen to the negative reviews

Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

If you have any doubt regarding Kristen Stewart's acting skills, then this movie will make you rethink your stance. This movie is pulled forward mainly due to the brilliant performances by the two leads. I personally believe that the movie has hidden many dark things that happen at gitmo especially the tortures that the detainees have endured including those who were innocent but arrested based on suspicion. So the story does no feel legit. But since it is a movie, i can let that pass. The final moments of the movie were emotional and would bring tears. This movie is really good and is a bit underrated for its story and the performance by the actors.

Plot spoilers...if you consider the idea the film had a plot.Cole (Kristen Stewart) is a green recruit assigned to Gitmo and is tasked to guard detainees and get much needed acting lessons. They can't be called "prisoners" or else they would have POW rights. While there, Cole has a beer, goes out on a boat, complains about her sergeant, and walks around a room, peeking into doors. When she gets to door 105 she converses with prisoner 471 (Peyman Moaadi- A Persian cast as an Arab...who would notice?) who, like Snape, is a complex character and only wants to finish the Harry Potter series. I'm sorry, but that is the whole movie in a nutshell.The film is a look at character and unfortunately it wasn't entertaining. Stewart maintains her dull, lifeless, boring moody character from that first "Twilight" film (see DVD cover where she thinks about displaying a different emotion). She was almost as good as that one film where she laid down and played dead.Guide: F-bomb. No sex. Magazine nudity.

Quite simply put, this movie is a world away from the political grandstanding of utter dross like American Sniper. Instead of attempting to paint a black and white picture of a situation, the film shows it for what it actually is. That is, shades of grey.Having served both within a correctional environment and the military, the interplay between all characters is quite superb, instead of the sensationalist, simplistic garbage one usually expects from the genre.I'll be the first to admit that I was genuinely interested to see how Stewart fared in this film, given the woeful start to her career with the vacuous characters of teen angst she's played and I am happily overjoyed at her rise to actual acting. Her character is multi- faceted, believable and vulnerable.Moaadi gives his role the gravitas it deserves and shows an understanding of his craft that many A-list celebrities could learn from.In short, without spoilers, this is a superb film deserving of so much more that it will get by way of recognition, but suffice to say, I will now reconsider watching movies starring Miss Stewart in the future and look forward to watching more of both Peyman Moaadi and Peter Sattler's works.As a further note to this brilliant movie, to those who think that Kristen Stewart's character is too damaged to be a believable soldier, I suggest watching "Standard Operating Procedure" and check out the real life waste-of-space PFC Lynndie England and co. IF she were a character in a movie, I'm fairly confident the self-same armchair generals would bleat and whine about how 'unrealisitic' her character and those of her compatriots were.

It is a very different kind of movie but it was definitely worth my time. So amazing. It made me cry. You can watch this on Netflix. It is amazing. There is not a lot of action but I think it will be a satisfying watch for all viewers. <3 love compassion humanity humility, I am making 10 lines worth even though I believe my review enough. It does not need 10 lines because it is a very compelling movie. I am making 10 lines worth even though I believe my review enough. It does not need 10 lines because it is a very compelling movie.I am making 10 lines worth even though I believe my review enough. It does not need 10 lines because it is a very compelling movie. <3 love viewer