The Way of War

I think Cuba is great and I will still go to see anything with his name on it, but god I hope he picks some decent movies soon. Right from the first seen I am thinking OK.. is this movie serious or some kind of spoof comedy? Bad acting, editing, sound work, effects, etc.. well it was obviously low budget, but I mean like cmon when a guy gets shot don't have him just duck behind a wall, make him get shot ffs. storyline had potential but it was told all screwy. Dialog had some clever bits but I think you would have to be military personal to catch anything. all in all I gave this a 1 out of 10 as a complete waste of 2 hours of life that I will never get back. I am surprised I had anything positive to say about it. So many holes in the plot. This must have been a who you know .. friend of a friend type thing to even get this movie on a disc. If you ever want to see it do it now because in 6 months you will never hear of this movie again or probably even have access to it.

It has occurred to many American leaders the wars in the Middle East could all be won if their main adversary could be captured or killed. This being the prevailing belief, a film was created with that scenario in mind and is called " The Way of War. " The story involves special opts agent David Wolfe (Cuba Gooding Jr.), Specialist Sanchez (J. Omar Castro), two elite soldiers led by Sergeant Mitchell (J.K.Simmons) who have been recruited and dropped into Afganistan, where the hiding place of Osama Ben laden, (Vernel Bagneris) has been discovered with the intention of killing him. What they quickly discover is their mock mission is a set-up and they are to be classified as Killed in action then honored as Heroes. The secret covert mission is created so The White House could claim victory over the terrorists and bring peace. Unfortunately, the plan goes awry when Wolfe returns to America and is thereafter hunted down by Federal agents. Claiming he is a dangerous delusional soldier, they try and kill him, murder his girl and anyone who helps him. He is befriended by a store owner (Clarence Williams III) who allows him to confront his adversaries. The film is threadbare with co-cohesive story, darkly complex and ill burdened with philosophy. Gooding does a great job of acting, but the back and forth film is more confusing than it needs to be. This is a scenario which America is waiting to hear, but hopefully it won't be as mangled as this movie. ***

I can't believe Cuba would be in this. I have enjoyed him in other roles, but this movie is pathetic. Has he sunk this low to accept such a role? After seeing him in movies like Tuskegee Airmen, Jerry Maguire, and Pearl Harbor (to name a few), I expected a lot more here. The only saving grace was getting to see Clarence Williams III (Linc in original Mod Squad TV series). J. K. Simmons is normally a good actor, but there was nothing to work with here. There was not enough of a cohesive plot to go around though. Don't bother watching this one. The dialog was random and nonsensical. Everyone wanted to talk in hushed tones and mysterious, incomplete thoughts. I'm glad I only wasted a $1 renting this one.

An absolute waste of an hour and half, that I will never get back. A darn shame. Instead I could've watched paint dry or watch my dog chase squirrels in the backyard. I expected this confusing and poorly put together movie to be good due to the fact it starred Cuba Gooding Jr. It also had some impressive role players in the film, yet they couldn't get it done. Just absolutely lame. The movie kept flashing back and forth between the past and present. The indicators it was a flashback weren't very good at all. They wanted you to feel for David Wolfe, Gooding Jr.'s character, and connect with him the way you do with, say Jason Bourne. But you just don't, this kind of knock of Bourne-in-a-sense character was just pathetic. Save yourselves don't watch this atrocity.

What the hell just happened? I sat through this movie waiting for something to happen and nothing. I am almost tempted to ask for my dollar back from Red Box for the hour and a half that I lost and will never get back. Who wrote this script and please tell me they no longer work in this field. I am normally a big fan of Cuba Gooding Jr. but his acting along with everyone else's was horrible and they should all be ashamed for having anything to do with this crap and taking people's money for watching this. And why was this movie rated R, have they changed the rating system to include boring and confusing into the R rating now. There was no violence in this movie, if there was can someone please show me where.

I saw this film a few days ago and found it totally mesmerising without quite knowing why. The pace is remarkably slow (in a good way) for such a short film making it seem longer than its 80 minutes, and the content is subtly tense and brooding with occasional injections of taught action. What I found disappointing was just how difficult it was to pin down what was motivating most of the characters and what they were actually doing. Timeline jumps were unhelpful and unnecessary as well. There's a real bombshell dropped at the end which explains a lot, but I didn't see that as justification enough for spending most of the film wondering what the hell was going on. Overall though I'd say this was a good, absorbing watch, but would've benefited greatly from more plot development and a lot more clarity.

Saw an early version of this and must admit was pretty boring. I had high hopes from trailers and Cuba being in the lead role, but after 40 mins of almost walking out on it i managed to stick it to the end,then wish i had followed my instincts and actually had walked out on it when it finally had ended. The acting is OK,the plot had potential, but the end result was just a tedious waste of space that i cannot really recommend even to die hard fans of Cuba Gooding Jr. I would like to say that with a few tweaks in the plot it still maybe watchable, but it needs a major plot change to even be that good, so am not hopeful at all and have given it a generous rating of 3

Boring, slow, stupid plot.... WORST MOVIE I have seen in a long long time! Cuba must have been drunk while reading the script to have accepted that role, or perhaps he has a horrible agent. First Look Studios? That's the last time I will ever watch a movie that they distribute or promote! I was confused for most of the movie, and there is no way in hell I am going to watch that movie again to try to figure it out. I understood where the movie was going but I refused to believe it could be that lame, I was waiting and waiting for the movie to start.. then the credits began to roll and I got excited because that meant the movie was over!

This movie seemed to want to channel visions of the time line of Pulp Fiction, but without the clarity of plot that filmed exuded. I had less idea of what the movie was about by the end than I was when I first put the disc into my DVD player. It could have been an anti-war protest, but for all the sense it made, it could just as easily have been a commercial for fish tacos...I'm just not sure which. The basic plot seemed to be that a paramilitary man (Cuba Gooding Jr.) finds some information that he doesn't like (although it's never clear what he finds, or why he didn't like it), and then he wanders around Washington D.C., gets shot, gets in a fight, then leaves...quite the rampage. All in all, this is the perfect movie if you need to numb yourself before having a root canal or amputation.

OK, first of all, I have seen movies way worse. Having said that, of course there's always room for improvement and generally all those other movies in between "worse" and "this is a good movie". With no offense to anyone, but this movie is def. on the worse side. And it's not just that I paid a movie ticket but I also think I want this hour and a half of my life back. If I would have watched this at home, I could have paused it, did the dishes, cleaned up or did something valuable with my time WHILE I was watching this. I voted it 4 of 10, because I actually did like the style, scenery, camera and even the story by itself. Because when you look at it (in my humble opinion), by itself the story could be something more. Maybe because once you get it (NEARLY AT THE END OF THE MOVIE) it is interesting. Until then, this movie just moves insanely terribly slow. And whenever you think there might be some action or more rapid story development, it just lets you down. I probably should have voted lower, so don't let this fool you. If you're looking for entertainment or maybe just a movie that makes sense, don't go for this one. If it's the last movie on planet earth -- then why not.