This movie did a great job in putting the viewer in the front seat of the struggle in Syria against the terrorists of ISIS. The action scenes were impressive for Iranian cinema (although slightly gory at times).
Many Iranian families have their loved ones in Syria, and this movie did a good job showing the dilemma that Iranians face in being there with their family back home, which made it very humanizing and paralleled the same sacrifice American families make sending their loved ones to countries in the Middle East.
Parts of the film came off as a bit propaganda-ish, but even Western movies have propaganda of some form. We've just grown used to a certain narrative here in the West, and so other things can seem like propaganda, and it's important to keep an open mind that saving innocent people should always come before everything else. That's something humanity can agree on.
As Ghandi said "There are many causes I would die for. There is not a single cause I would kill for."
Many Iranian families have their loved ones in Syria, and this movie did a good job showing the dilemma that Iranians face in being there with their family back home, which made it very humanizing and paralleled the same sacrifice American families make sending their loved ones to countries in the Middle East.
Parts of the film came off as a bit propaganda-ish, but even Western movies have propaganda of some form. We've just grown used to a certain narrative here in the West, and so other things can seem like propaganda, and it's important to keep an open mind that saving innocent people should always come before everything else. That's something humanity can agree on.
As Ghandi said "There are many causes I would die for. There is not a single cause I would kill for."