What a stunning film. Coming from a military and have gone thru Ranger training I found this to be the most realistic protral of REAL human being going thru adverse training conditions Ur reviewers most of this including IMDB HAve never attended any real solidiers have missed the whole point. u want to see real soldier not Rambo or supermen watch this movie

I never heard about this movie before I watched it, and quite frankly, I wasn't expecting I would sit through the whole thing. But I actually came to like it. Having seen many special forces selection documentaries, I liked how this focused on just one main character, instead of some random soldiers, whom we never get to learn about, as in the documentaries. As for realism, I found the selection training to be quite realistic. That is, it seems to fit very well with all the documentaries, but who really knows 'till you been there yourself? As for the lone action scene in the movie, I found it a bit lacking. It could have been a lot worse though. It's a low budget movie, but they generally used what they had well.An alright movie, just one thing majorly annoyed me: There is SO much use of "black screen". Sometimes with sound, other times with nothing. At times I felt like 20% of the movie showed a black screen.

I feel that most of these reviews are unfair, and would point to the only soldier posting one who said it was a decent portrayal of the process. Perhaps they didn't follow the plot, judging from another getting upset that the protagonist was a cook, since we find out his full story later on, which explains that. I also wonder if it upset people because it doesn't follow the normal clichés of who the strong are, those unstated truisms that have been created in military movies made in the US. It is true that the hero is not some muscle-bound superhero, so what? It's not about fighting powerfully, it's about fighting smart.I thoroughly enjoyed this film, for a non-soldier it felt realistic in a way most military films don't to me. It isn't pretty - but it shouldn't be. The acting is good - what others are talking about I don't know, I may not know many soldiers, but I was brought up in theatres and I know acting - we're not talking awards here, but it's solid work. The script is passable, there are some plot devices that could have been left out - it is by no means a perfect film, but well worth the watch.

What a load of tosh, if your going to make a film about the most famous regiment in the world then at least do it some justice.I think the budget for this film was spent on the round of drinks in the bar of one of the scenes.Then the hero of the story has mental issues, would he really make the grade? SAS soldiers are not super human but they have the mental strength to endure where most of us mortals would have given up thats what separates the successful candidates.Our hero makes the grade and 3 months on goes on his first mission, what? wheres all the weapon/survival/combat training, I think in real life he wouldn't leave Hereford for a while.Then we come to doing the mission, again no expense spared here? and appears hurried to get the film finished, if you were hoping to see some SAS tactics used, you will be sorely disappointed.If you want to watch a film about the SAS, although now long in the tooth you could do worse (as in this film) and watch "Who Dares Wins".I noticed Mr Richard Kemp was one of the military advisor's, what did he advise the director on? the colour of the combat uniform? with Mr Kemps background you would of thought the film to have a bit more authenticity.