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I'm long since out,but I wanna get back into peak shape again. It would also be cool to talk to you guys, you seem like maximum chill individuals for real 🍺. I'm also trying to pick up as many tricks for my advance firearms instructor certification as possible Is there any options for me?
@@FNGACADEMY Cool,I think the individual tier might suit me best. I'll check out the website and get back to you? Thanks for a lightning fast reply,you are on the ball my man;)
fun fact: mosul is not a foreign film. it was produced by the Russo brothers. Everyone involved just worked really hard to make it authentic. Pretty incredible honestly, first hollywood film with an all arab cast, and first hollywood film shot in arabic. filmed in moracco
I hate the firsts club, because every movie is only made once at the moment it’s being made, so technically everything on earth at any given moment is a first. Good movies are way rarer than first this first that.
We (Iraqi Police Advisors) trained the Iraqi SWAT Team on Diamondback (in Mosul) in 2004 & 2005. Most of the guys we trained were killed within a couple of years of our leaving. We believe this movie is about our guys. They all had enough balls for three men.
I was there too at Marez at that time and initially I was dismissive of the ICDC and IA, then as I got out and about and saw what crappy support and equipment they had and still stayed on I slowly changed my mind. The Peshmerga were another thing entirely.
@@Lafly84 I worked with a fellow who was Peshmerga. After a few years of getting to know him well he shared some history with me. I'd always respected him as he was just a kind person, but after the stories I realized that he had gone through hell and was able to keep that good part of him alive.
The thing about the subtitles was how much they weren't needed in this film for the most part. The acting was so good that you knew what the characters were feeling, the interactions between the characters were universal.
My last tour of Iraq ended in Mar 2009, I lost five men Jan 28 2008 in Mosul. Mosul was Al Queada’s last stand that time frame and it was crazy, even US forces couldn’t stop in one place more than 20 minutes without seeing the enemy trying to maneuver in on you. Route clearance would clear a route and the enemy was laying new IEDs right behind them. We worked with the Kurdish IA a lot and those dudes were all business, the Kurdish IA wouldn’t talk to the Iraqi IA without an interpreter even though he spoke Iraqi because he had caught so many Iraqi IA that were corrupt. Mosul was a crazy place to be.
End of the Surge huh? We had similar problems with our ANP partners that was a pain in the ass for our OMLT/mentoring team. I'm positive those guys were partly responsible for the uptick we had in IEDs and harassment fire for the PRT. Also it was the build up of the Afghan surge,and while we technically were not part of it. The Taliban sure as hell didn't care if we were a contingent of grunts from Norway as well as Latvia mixed in with elements of the 10th Mountain division etc. Or maybe they thought we would be pushovers..wrong;)
Fuck yeah dude, I was there like a few months after this on fob Marez. Pretty crazy times. I’ll link a video I took leaving the fob at night if anyone wants to see what it was like. It was pretty fuckin eerie sometimes th-cam.com/video/idVRKObH0hc/w-d-xo.html
Picking up the trash in each liberated spot was like a fine chef touch that added so much culture and subtle background to his character. He believed in things being tidy and ordered and that's what he was ultimately fighting for hoping that it would one day return. Even in the compound doing the trade, it's not his trash but he's bending down and picking up their trash for them and doing it proudly showing he's not groveling or being submissive but displaying his integrity for all to see. It made the booby-trap that much more unexpected too. We've gotten used to main characters or even stars dying in movies now, it can happen but it's nearly always at the end, this was literally like two-thirds in and there was quite a bit more story after we lost him.
I like the different interpretations people have come up with. I had a thought that it might have been a coping mechanism/habit he subconsiously does whenever they have any sort of downtime, something to put his mind to so it can stay active in order to not let his head linger too far while they have time to decompress.
The military advisor was Shawn Sweeney. I believe he was with 5th SFG and 20th SFG from 88 to 09. He was also State Department WPPS amongst other things.
@@Willysmb44 wrong… especially about wpps. Ask a random soldier what 20th Sfg is and tell me their stupid answer, thanks. The military very rarely works with state department considering all they do as a military organization… and even when they do they may never hear of wpps guys.
@@carpeomnia2011 agree, I was regular Army infantry. I knew and worked alongside of our SFG, No name government agency guys, AWG and even had a short run in with some SAS/SBS guys. I have no idea wtf WPPS is
I’ve helped trained Kurds(In Syria, not Iraq), and they are badasses. Competent, motivated, ect. Always trying to learn, soaking up knowledge and information, and extremely smart. I’m glad our main character in this film is a Kurd. We need more films like this.
They are idiotic US puppets and terrorists, hence Americans training them, who are about to be wiped out by Syria and Turkey who are now aligning against them, ie against America, now that Russia has facilitated the rapprochement of Syria and Turkey. The Kurds have had plenty of chances to accept offers for a largely autonomous region of Syria. They always refused and bought into Americas promises of a "Kurdish state". They were too dumb to see that America was never going to help give them a state and was just using them as terrorists to destabilize nations that refuse to bend the knee to America and as a general cassus belli for injecting itself into conflicts all over the Middle East.
@@mikelee7318 You’re not very smart are you. They’re not terrorists. They’ll never be wiped out. They’ve been fighting for decades, and Turkey will never be able to successfully commit the genocide they have in mind. And the Syrian government is a joke, and couldn’t even successfully defend against IS. Russia is also a joke. The Kurds were never given any deal. Turkey constantly tries to commit genocide against them, and trains terrorist groups to fight the Kurds. Educate yourself.
The crazy part about this movie is the fact that they were filming it while we were still fighting ISIS in Northern Iraq and Syria. I was in Mosul when they were shooting this movie. Those scenes where all the rubble buildings are is West Mosul.
Id really like to recommend Danger Close, its an Australian movie about Vietnam. It tells the story of the Battle of Long Tan where a company sized element of Australian infantry fought off a battalion sized element of North Vietnamese troops. Its a good movie, that taught me (admittedly a civie) a lot.
This movie was fantastic. I loved that it told a story that didn’t involve any westerners. It was an Iraqi story, and the mindsets and tactics were realistic to how they fought ISIS. I read up on the Nineveh swat team and they really did help retake Mosul and suffered heavy casualties. The story in the movie is based on the truth that a number of members of the team were indeed trying to find their lost family as they cleared Mosul, although there was no rambo lone wolf mission to do so. They fought with russian small arms and what ever they could scavenge. They hung with much better equipped military units, with whom they could not share resources because as portrayed, other units used nato ammo and not russian. Yeah, I could go on and on about this movie. It’s great!
30 minutes always go by quickly with b&b. Mosul is an amazing movie. The old team captain and the dude that rescued his family were former policemen if i recall correctly, so that probably explains the cop-like room clearing you mentioned. The actor who played the team captain is Iraqi and was an actor back in Iraq before he emigrated to the US in 08. Had a small role as an unfortunate guy strapped to a bomb in The Hurt Locker before this badass role. A bit unconventional, but I wonder if you guys would be interested in reacting to the first ever Medal of Honor act recorded on camera of TSgt. John Chapman.
Two great clues to this ending. One, at the beginning when the new guy said "if he was married he would not be there and Walah went after him, it was because he hasn't seen his family in a couple of years. And, it's why the Major made him decide if they were going to take the compound, because his family was located there. This is one of the grittiest war movies I have ever seen and the realism is unmatched. If it was made in English it would have received many more awards and made a larger impact. However, it would have taken away from the raw feeling and atmosphere.
Hey! Glad you guys came around to this one! Knew you would love it! The friendly fire incident strangely did it for me. No dramatic music, no slow motion, it was over before you realize it was happening and then it is time to move on. The drone was really cool, the infantry periscope as well and also the mouse trap detonator. If you want more recommendations Elite Squad (aka Tropa de Elite) and the Escape from Tarkov series are pretty gnarly.
I worked with the Iraqi Army (Sunni in Al Anbar and Shiites in Basra) between 2007-2008. So I wasn't exactly thrilled when a lot of them started ending up in mass graves after we left and ISIS started rolling through. It was almost like our mini version of August 2021 for Afghanistan veterans (I was never in Afghanistan). The ending of this movie really got to me, so I never revisited it after I saw it the first time.
This film blew me away. It was gritty, and there wasn't any "heroic" scenes like in American cinema. The commander died from the most mundane action, just like that, dead. And that's how it would be. There are no main characters in real life, people just die out of nowhere, for no understandable reason. I like that they didn't have him die like some hero, it really shows the true nature and horror and utter chaos of war. The scenes with the commander picking up the trash was a nice touch. To me, it was because not only was it his country, but one day they need to rebuild. He says that several times. What are they fighting for if not to take back their country, and rebuild from all the destruction. Him cleaning up is like doing his part to rebuild Iraq. The ending was brilliant, I have a daughter, and the end definitely had me tearing up.
Yeah the way it isn’t over the top stupid or overplayed it’s quick and painful sometimes and even showing the reality of things such as friendly fire and traps taking away people so quickly
Another badass "foreign language film" (even though it's American and a majority of it is in English) is The Beast (or Beasts of War) from 1988. About the last stages of the Soviet War in Afghanistan. There's a similar gritty feel to it, and there's that whole element of local fighters fighting in their homeland. Nobody ever mentions this movie, but it's top tier IMO.
I also don't normally enjoy reading while watching movies, but this film was just so good that I didn't realize I did any reading even after it was over. Rarely do I see a script work so well, characters so beautifully written, and a decent moral conclusion to finish it off.
Great review. My Dad is a Marine grunt who served three tours in Vietnam (mainly '69) with 2 purple hearts (shot in arm and leg). He said the only action scene that reminded him of Vietnam was the street battle in "Heat". I haven't asked him about this one. Anyway, thanks for ur service.
Was just reading some random article from reddit about how different units "clear" buildings. They said army always go as teams, but seals sometimes do multiple rooms simultaneously as individuals. Interesting seeing you talk about it in the video.
I've watched every movie you've reviewed on this channel previous to the review. This is the first movie I've never watched or heard of, thanks for bringing this movie to my attention. Much appreciated for the recommendation and as always the content/review.
Don’t know if they mention it (I have to get back to work from lunch), but in terms of how close the unit is, they all call their leader baba (بابا) which means dad in Arabic, just goes to show the respect and love they have for their commander.
Excellent job guys the commentary was a blast! Gritty is a good way of putting it Mosul has some really nice unpredictable chaotic combat scenes without the (hollywood glorification) and the budget & training was surprisingly great. Would love to see a Mosul 2. As a viewer finding the humor in situations that wouldn’t necessarily be considered funny was realistic also. Can’t say enough good about this one.
I’m glad you guys reviewed this movie. When I watched it it really pulled me in which at first I didn’t think it would. You guys are awesome and I’m glad you guys agree on the quality of this story telling. Also more than any of the other Hollywood type movies this felt more like a real story rather than a bunch of empty flash. 👍
I watched this movie after reading an article on Task & Purpose. Was awesome. Such a good movie, and really eye-opening on what people from there had to deal with. Can't even imagine having to save my wife from a sex slave camp, or having to clear my own neighbourhood of dudes that wanna behead me. Fuck...
Someone should do a video on the LRPs aka LRRPs of Vietnam. These guys deserve some attention, most have never heard of these teams. Not much about them online, one needs to read some books to get a good understanding of what these guys did. They were not strictly reconnaissance which is a common misconception. Would be really cool for someone to put together a well researched video about them. They deserve it, would make a lot of aging vets happy. My father was a LRP 67-68.
this movie wasn't available on stream in my country (for reasons) and i had to track it down by other means. no regrets going thru the hassle. badass movie. its also one of the best war movies i watched the past 10 years.
I has to pause beer and breakdowns to head over to Netflix and watch Mosul. Absolutely bad ass movie. Subtitles didn't mean poop. I was hooked in the opening scene. Very intense movie. Finished it and then headed back to FNG to give a thumbs up and comment. Great review guys!!!
Genuinely loved watching “Mosul”; the action was well thought out and complemented the plot whilst seeing how a different culture of allied fighters are portrayed in an attempt to save their families and preserve their war torn country. Great film which was laden with kinetic fury, sadness and pathos.
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THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS REQQUEST .. THIS MOVIE GAVE ME A PERSPECTIVE FROM THE INSIDE N HOW THE MEN FIGHTING BACK WHAT THEY WERE GOING THROUGH TO FREE THEIR FAMILIES FROM TALIBAN
This is a top 10 war movie without any doubt. If you got time check out blood makes the grass grow. He is a kurd that was in the Norwegian army. He now has his own clothing line specifically built for war theater . It's Norarm tactical. Great guy and is currently helping Ukraine.
I can recommend a movie calld, Den 12. man (The 12. Man) its a Norwegian movie about a WW2 sabotage mission that went south. Its also based on a true story! Love what you guys do here. Keep it coming, youre doing great!!
If you guys are down for another foreign movie, check out Elite Squad. It's about Brazilian special operations police in Rio cleaning up prior to the Pope's visit.
The worse thing about war in the middle east is the lack of uniform regarding the enemy , the hostile purposely dress like civilians , its so cowardly , and makes me so anxious
Watched this a couple months ago and really enjoyed. The subtitles are a little tough at first but overall excellent movie. Cool to know you guys enjoyed it. Also didn’t know the ATF had that course in my hometown.
Damn this is probably the first time I really wished I had Netflix, just seeing the scenes showed in this video makes me want to see this movie real bad. That first scene yall started with goes fucking hard
@@apokalypstapes don't mind at all but I don't have a VPN and learned real quick that my internet provider watches. My brother has a VPN and has hundreds of movies on his plex server so I'll have to see if he might be willing to get it for me thanks for the info
You guys should react to Battle Los Angeles. Which is a guilty pleasure movie of mine. Even though the screenplay isn’t as great as it could have been. Still a good action film though. Lol
@@FNGACADEMY Yeah man it’s got a couple of great actors in it such as Aaron Eckhart and Michelle Rodriguez. They play Army soldiers who fight aliens. It’s based on a real event where the military in like the thirties or forties fired round after round into the air at UFO’s in our air space. lol
Fun facts, but the film was actually directed by an American screenwriter and produced by Russo Brothers (Avengers Infinity War and End Game). The reason why it was in foreign language was to help capture the authenticity and cultures. Also, the Major in the film was also in The Hurt Locker, portraying the innocent Iraqi who was strapped with a bomb vest at the end of the film.
Just throwing this out there... "Taegukgi" is a great film about the Korean War filmed in 2005 I believe. Y'all should do a Beers n Breakdown on that film
Thanks for posting this, I'd not even heard of this; I need to check it out. When you said "Foot stomping moment", that was the funniest thing you said (that's one of those 'only someone who has served will get it' things). I'd never heard of this movie before and I need to watch it, I agree that it sure LOOKED decent
Hey How’s going Buck? Have you seen Elite Squad ( Tropa de Elite ) It kind of shows the story of a Special Police Unjt BOPE and the beginning of the career of two Officers. I highly recommend.
In my infantry platoon we lost 4 guys on our first mission. That left us with 18 dudes left in an already drawn out platoon down in Kandahar in 09. We used to have to clear rooms by ourselves all the fuckin time. Even once we got replacements our platoon got up to around 30 guys, and that was multiple waves. After 14 months down there suffice to say we were definitely done.
Thank you for recommending this one. Really good movie. Just before the final clearing with his family he was shaking like crazy, and we still did not know it was his family, at first I thought it was because he was now the leader and it was too much. I loved that. And the part with the bartering with Iranian SF, they were essentially doing Green Beret style mission right? training locals for their own little militia. And the argument between him and the commander of swat over the prisoner was so loaded with history and each side nationalism/patriotism. And the dud RPG was like such "aw fuck" moment especially when you realize he gave up their hookah for it lol.
The scene about the kids. I don't think they're pulling their father, those toes were painted. I assume the family was pulling the dead mother but the father got killed along the way (close-up shot of the blood stained handle), he made the boys promise to bury their mother before he dead.
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I'm long since out,but I wanna get back into peak shape again.
It would also be cool to talk to you guys, you seem like maximum chill individuals for real 🍺.
I'm also trying to pick up as many tricks for my advance firearms instructor certification as possible
Is there any options for me?
@@Ulyssestnt our mentor program, GB mentorship in a group or individual setting
@@FNGACADEMY Cool,I think the individual tier might suit me best.
I'll check out the website and get back to you?
Thanks for a lightning fast reply,you are on the ball my man;)
FNG ACADEMY needs to review “We Were Soldiers “ with Mel Gibson
@@jeffone2nv agreed,it's a classic for sure.
fun fact: mosul is not a foreign film. it was produced by the Russo brothers. Everyone involved just worked really hard to make it authentic. Pretty incredible honestly, first hollywood film with an all arab cast, and first hollywood film shot in arabic. filmed in moracco
It really felt so authentic. Couldn't have guessed!
Oh damn, then a lot of people need to know about this film if not then Hollywood will keep screaming "there's not enough representation"
@@Bullz_eye47 erm ok
I hate the firsts club, because every movie is only made once at the moment it’s being made, so technically everything on earth at any given moment is a first. Good movies are way rarer than first this first that.
This movie was made by the marvel guys? Wow. So they are talented, just paid more to appeal to the lowest common denominator
We (Iraqi Police Advisors) trained the Iraqi SWAT Team on Diamondback (in Mosul) in 2004 & 2005. Most of the guys we trained were killed within a couple of years of our leaving. We believe this movie is about our guys. They all had enough balls for three men.
I know it can sound weird sometimes but thank you for your service brother
That's so sad.
I was there too at Marez at that time and initially I was dismissive of the ICDC and IA, then as I got out and about and saw what crappy support and equipment they had and still stayed on I slowly changed my mind. The Peshmerga were another thing entirely.
@@Lafly84 I worked with a fellow who was Peshmerga. After a few years of getting to know him well he shared some history with me. I'd always respected him as he was just a kind person, but after the stories I realized that he had gone through hell and was able to keep that good part of him alive.
The Nineveh swat team is a badass group of fighters
The thing about the subtitles was how much they weren't needed in this film for the most part. The acting was so good that you knew what the characters were feeling, the interactions between the characters were universal.
agree 100 percent
My last tour of Iraq ended in Mar 2009, I lost five men Jan 28 2008 in Mosul. Mosul was Al Queada’s last stand that time frame and it was crazy, even US forces couldn’t stop in one place more than 20 minutes without seeing the enemy trying to maneuver in on you. Route clearance would clear a route and the enemy was laying new IEDs right behind them. We worked with the Kurdish IA a lot and those dudes were all business, the Kurdish IA wouldn’t talk to the Iraqi IA without an interpreter even though he spoke Iraqi because he had caught so many Iraqi IA that were corrupt. Mosul was a crazy place to be.
Thank you for your service.
Damn dude I'm glad you are back and I'm sorry about your friends thak you for everything you've done
End of the Surge huh?
We had similar problems with our ANP partners that was a pain in the ass for our OMLT/mentoring team.
I'm positive those guys were partly responsible for the uptick we had in IEDs and harassment fire for the PRT.
Also it was the build up of the Afghan surge,and while we technically were not part of it.
The Taliban sure as hell didn't care if we were a contingent of grunts from Norway as well as Latvia mixed in with elements of the 10th Mountain division etc.
Or maybe they thought we would be pushovers..wrong;)
Fuck yeah dude, I was there like a few months after this on fob Marez. Pretty crazy times. I’ll link a video I took leaving the fob at night if anyone wants to see what it was like. It was pretty fuckin eerie sometimes
th-cam.com/video/idVRKObH0hc/w-d-xo.html
@@granthoover9045 you wouldn’t have been with 4ID would you?
Picking up the trash in each liberated spot was like a fine chef touch that added so much culture and subtle background to his character. He believed in things being tidy and ordered and that's what he was ultimately fighting for hoping that it would one day return. Even in the compound doing the trade, it's not his trash but he's bending down and picking up their trash for them and doing it proudly showing he's not groveling or being submissive but displaying his integrity for all to see. It made the booby-trap that much more unexpected too. We've gotten used to main characters or even stars dying in movies now, it can happen but it's nearly always at the end, this was literally like two-thirds in and there was quite a bit more story after we lost him.
If I remeber correctly his character, before the war, was a professor, which adds up for his ordely manners and personality.
Thats war man 1 second theres a person with life and history, character. The next hes just a clump of cells
I found it as a way of saying he is leaving the place better than he found it, be that without trash or without ISIS.
I like the different interpretations people have come up with. I had a thought that it might have been a coping mechanism/habit he subconsiously does whenever they have any sort of downtime, something to put his mind to so it can stay active in order to not let his head linger too far while they have time to decompress.
@@neloth434could be all of them
The military advisor was Shawn Sweeney. I believe he was with 5th SFG and 20th SFG from 88 to 09. He was also State Department WPPS amongst other things.
I’m guessing you’re a DoD/DoS contractor. You’re speaking another language for most people.
@@carpeomnia2011 Anyone who served would understand what 'D Hooks' wrote...
@@Willysmb44 wrong… especially about wpps. Ask a random soldier what 20th Sfg is and tell me their stupid answer, thanks. The military very rarely works with state department considering all they do as a military organization… and even when they do they may never hear of wpps guys.
@@carpeomnia2011 agree, I was regular Army infantry. I knew and worked alongside of our SFG, No name government agency guys, AWG and even had a short run in with some SAS/SBS guys. I have no idea wtf WPPS is
@@ensporium8857 worldwide protection services now called wps II.
I’ve helped trained Kurds(In Syria, not Iraq), and they are badasses. Competent, motivated, ect. Always trying to learn, soaking up knowledge and information, and extremely smart. I’m glad our main character in this film is a Kurd. We need more films like this.
They are idiotic US puppets and terrorists, hence Americans training them, who are about to be wiped out by Syria and Turkey who are now aligning against them, ie against America, now that Russia has facilitated the rapprochement of Syria and Turkey. The Kurds have had plenty of chances to accept offers for a largely autonomous region of Syria. They always refused and bought into Americas promises of a "Kurdish state". They were too dumb to see that America was never going to help give them a state and was just using them as terrorists to destabilize nations that refuse to bend the knee to America and as a general cassus belli for injecting itself into conflicts all over the Middle East.
@@mikelee7318 You’re not very smart are you. They’re not terrorists. They’ll never be wiped out. They’ve been fighting for decades, and Turkey will never be able to successfully commit the genocide they have in mind. And the Syrian government is a joke, and couldn’t even successfully defend against IS.
Russia is also a joke.
The Kurds were never given any deal. Turkey constantly tries to commit genocide against them, and trains terrorist groups to fight the Kurds. Educate yourself.
That last scene at the end brought me to tears man
And then the new guy just standing being like "let's go" absolutely fantastic film
The crazy part about this movie is the fact that they were filming it while we were still fighting ISIS in Northern Iraq and Syria. I was in Mosul when they were shooting this movie. Those scenes where all the rubble buildings are is West Mosul.
No kidding I thought it was a set ,that’s interesting
Id really like to recommend Danger Close, its an Australian movie about Vietnam. It tells the story of the Battle of Long Tan where a company sized element of Australian infantry fought off a battalion sized element of North Vietnamese troops. Its a good movie, that taught me (admittedly a civie) a lot.
'Thin Red Line' about Guadalcanal was great too.
@@redwatch1100 that movie was sick
THIS
This movie was fantastic. I loved that it told a story that didn’t involve any westerners. It was an Iraqi story, and the mindsets and tactics were realistic to how they fought ISIS. I read up on the Nineveh swat team and they really did help retake Mosul and suffered heavy casualties. The story in the movie is based on the truth that a number of members of the team were indeed trying to find their lost family as they cleared Mosul, although there was no rambo lone wolf mission to do so. They fought with russian small arms and what ever they could scavenge. They hung with much better equipped military units, with whom they could not share resources because as portrayed, other units used nato ammo and not russian.
Yeah, I could go on and on about this movie. It’s great!
30 minutes always go by quickly with b&b. Mosul is an amazing movie. The old team captain and the dude that rescued his family were former policemen if i recall correctly, so that probably explains the cop-like room clearing you mentioned. The actor who played the team captain is Iraqi and was an actor back in Iraq before he emigrated to the US in 08. Had a small role as an unfortunate guy strapped to a bomb in The Hurt Locker before this badass role.
A bit unconventional, but I wonder if you guys would be interested in reacting to the first ever Medal of Honor act recorded on camera of TSgt. John Chapman.
Fucking thiiisssss 👆🏼👆🏼👆🏼👆🏼👆🏼👆🏼
I second this
Wow. Link bro?
@@ShifuCareaga th-cam.com/video/3oKMjTqdTYo/w-d-xo.html
Two great clues to this ending. One, at the beginning when the new guy said "if he was married he would not be there and Walah went after him, it was because he hasn't seen his family in a couple of years. And, it's why the Major made him decide if they were going to take the compound, because his family was located there. This is one of the grittiest war movies I have ever seen and the realism is unmatched. If it was made in English it would have received many more awards and made a larger impact. However, it would have taken away from the raw feeling and atmosphere.
All because people are too damn lazy to read subtitles. Their loss for missing out on this gem.
Hey! Glad you guys came around to this one! Knew you would love it! The friendly fire incident strangely did it for me. No dramatic music, no slow motion, it was over before you realize it was happening and then it is time to move on. The drone was really cool, the infantry periscope as well and also the mouse trap detonator.
If you want more recommendations Elite Squad (aka Tropa de Elite) and the Escape from Tarkov series are pretty gnarly.
I worked with the Iraqi Army (Sunni in Al Anbar and Shiites in Basra) between 2007-2008. So I wasn't exactly thrilled when a lot of them started ending up in mass graves after we left and ISIS started rolling through. It was almost like our mini version of August 2021 for Afghanistan veterans (I was never in Afghanistan). The ending of this movie really got to me, so I never revisited it after I saw it the first time.
This movie has an important factor: complete sensation of authenticity
It damm near feels like a documentary
This film blew me away. It was gritty, and there wasn't any "heroic" scenes like in American cinema. The commander died from the most mundane action, just like that, dead. And that's how it would be. There are no main characters in real life, people just die out of nowhere, for no understandable reason. I like that they didn't have him die like some hero, it really shows the true nature and horror and utter chaos of war. The scenes with the commander picking up the trash was a nice touch. To me, it was because not only was it his country, but one day they need to rebuild. He says that several times. What are they fighting for if not to take back their country, and rebuild from all the destruction. Him cleaning up is like doing his part to rebuild Iraq. The ending was brilliant, I have a daughter, and the end definitely had me tearing up.
Yeah the way it isn’t over the top stupid or overplayed it’s quick and painful sometimes and even showing the reality of things such as friendly fire and traps taking away people so quickly
Another badass "foreign language film" (even though it's American and a majority of it is in English) is The Beast (or Beasts of War) from 1988. About the last stages of the Soviet War in Afghanistan. There's a similar gritty feel to it, and there's that whole element of local fighters fighting in their homeland. Nobody ever mentions this movie, but it's top tier IMO.
I first saw this movie when on chemo with nothing else to do. I've probably rewatched it at least 3-4 times it's so good.
It’s so good, hope you are doing well
@@FNGACADEMY Definitely. Thank you brother & yes I've been back on duty for almost 2yrs with 5 clean scans.
@@patronsaintofswitchbladefi2944 hell yeah dude! Great to hear!
You guys should give “The Raid” a shot, really fun action flick with some fantastic fight scenes
True, great martial arts movie as well.
Hell yeah! I love that movie!
Escape from tarkov
I also don't normally enjoy reading while watching movies, but this film was just so good that I didn't realize I did any reading even after it was over. Rarely do I see a script work so well, characters so beautifully written, and a decent moral conclusion to finish it off.
I saw this movie about a year ago and actually found it more realistic than some of the American war movies.
Its an american movie too. But with an all Iraqi cast
Funny thing is it is an American war movie 🤣
Great review. My Dad is a Marine grunt who served three tours in Vietnam (mainly '69) with 2 purple hearts (shot in arm and leg). He said the only action scene that reminded him of Vietnam was the street battle in "Heat". I haven't asked him about this one. Anyway, thanks for ur service.
Saw the posting, got 35 seconds in, paused and watched Mosul. Great movie, awesome review
Mosul is soo good. I’ve watched it many times for some reason it never gets old
Was just reading some random article from reddit about how different units "clear" buildings. They said army always go as teams, but seals sometimes do multiple rooms simultaneously as individuals. Interesting seeing you talk about it in the video.
I've watched every movie you've reviewed on this channel previous to the review. This is the first movie I've never watched or heard of, thanks for bringing this movie to my attention. Much appreciated for the recommendation and as always the content/review.
To me, the ending of Mosul is very hard hitting. Going through hell to find each team member’s family.
There was recently a story from Ukraine about a soldier who liberated his home town and went home to see his mom. The town is called Kozacha.
Don’t know if they mention it (I have to get back to work from lunch), but in terms of how close the unit is, they all call their leader baba (بابا) which means dad in Arabic, just goes to show the respect and love they have for their commander.
I'm so glad u guys decided to watch this one. I recommended it in the comments a couple months ago. I'm glad you guys liked it
Hands down my favorite reaction from you guys. This film is so underrated. Not enough gets mentioned about those battle-hardened units from overseas.
I had the same misgivings too! But when I watched it, I was amazed! Need to rewatch!
Excellent job guys the commentary was a blast! Gritty is a good way of putting it Mosul has some really nice unpredictable chaotic combat scenes without the (hollywood glorification) and the budget & training was surprisingly great. Would love to see a Mosul 2. As a viewer finding the humor in situations that wouldn’t necessarily be considered funny was realistic also. Can’t say enough good about this one.
I’m glad you guys reviewed this movie. When I watched it it really pulled me in which at first I didn’t think it would. You guys are awesome and I’m glad you guys agree on the quality of this story telling. Also more than any of the other Hollywood type movies this felt more like a real story rather than a bunch of empty flash. 👍
I watched this movie after reading an article on Task & Purpose. Was awesome. Such a good movie, and really eye-opening on what people from there had to deal with. Can't even imagine having to save my wife from a sex slave camp, or having to clear my own neighbourhood of dudes that wanna behead me. Fuck...
This movie is probably one of my favorites. Love it
Someone should do a video on the LRPs aka LRRPs of Vietnam. These guys deserve some attention, most have never heard of these teams. Not much about them online, one needs to read some books to get a good understanding of what these guys did. They were not strictly reconnaissance which is a common misconception. Would be really cool for someone to put together a well researched video about them. They deserve it, would make a lot of aging vets happy. My father was a LRP 67-68.
this movie wasn't available on stream in my country (for reasons) and i had to track it down by other means. no regrets going thru the hassle. badass movie. its also one of the best war movies i watched the past 10 years.
I love it when you guys get so passionate about the movies!!! It's awesome!!
I has to pause beer and breakdowns to head over to Netflix and watch Mosul. Absolutely bad ass movie. Subtitles didn't mean poop. I was hooked in the opening scene. Very intense movie. Finished it and then headed back to FNG to give a thumbs up and comment. Great review guys!!!
The Black Humvees are so sick though
Love the content as always.
Wanna drop The Outpost, how the whole COP Keating thing went down. 10 minutes in and they got so much of it right
You guys slowly have me going through a rabbit hole of action movies, watching The Gray Man now. Great content guys!
Thanks man!
This film was never on my radar but it moves to the top of the list now. Thanks guys.
Genuinely loved watching “Mosul”; the action was well thought out and complemented the plot whilst seeing how a different culture of allied fighters are portrayed in an attempt to save their families and preserve their war torn country. Great film which was laden with kinetic fury, sadness and pathos.
Great episode boys! Keep up the good work.
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This was one of the best Foreign language film's I've ever seen.
This is a Netflix movie. Surprisingly very well done for a Middle Eastern production. Best War movie I've seen in a long time
This has definitely become one of my favorite TH-cam shows in a long time, but I would like to request Blood in Blood out 😊😊
You guys NEED to watch Raid: The Redemption. The fight scenes are siiick
I watched this movie just yesterday because you said it was good in your last Beers and Breakdowns. I really enjoyed it! Glad it was still on Netflix
I’ve watched tens if not hundreds of war related movies or series’. This goes to my top 3 easily
What is this movie about?
Fighting in Iraq. That’s all you need to know. Anything more will ruin it. WATCJ IT!
THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS REQQUEST .. THIS MOVIE GAVE ME A PERSPECTIVE FROM THE INSIDE N HOW THE MEN FIGHTING BACK WHAT THEY WERE GOING THROUGH TO FREE THEIR FAMILIES FROM TALIBAN
I did the same thing, I saw I would have to read and didn’t feel like it. But after you guys giving it props I actually sat down and watched it.
This is a top 10 war movie without any doubt.
If you got time check out blood makes the grass grow. He is a kurd that was in the Norwegian army.
He now has his own clothing line specifically built for war theater
. It's Norarm tactical. Great guy and is currently helping Ukraine.
Thx for recommend, watching now.
Essayons!
my guys, yall are on a roll with these videos! I remember watching this movie, hardcore but soo good.
Didn't know about the movie. Found it on Amazon Prime. Thanks for the recommend.
This movie was awesome. I was in Mosul and all over Northern Iraq/Kurdistan from 06’-08’ and worked with a lot of these dudes.
24:35, Also makes it harder/less likely for each team member to have definite fire superiority in their respective areas
I was in school with the big lad from the Iraqi SWAT team you can see on the right at 4:29, he’s from Wales in the UK 🏴🇬🇧
This was a bad ass movie! Thanks for this one Boyz!
you bet bro!
@@FNGACADEMY how can be a ranger right out of high school?
@@emmanuelawosusi2365 Check out "General Discharge".
I was in Mosul 06-07 and I loved this movie!
Great review! Buck do you think you , Kurt, and Andy could do a video on how you trained foreign troops. Looking forward to more videos.
Half an hour just flew… I also loved that movie. It was sharp without any bs…
Deff gonna watch it … can’t wait to see the next breakdown !
I can recommend a movie calld, Den 12. man (The 12. Man) its a Norwegian movie about a WW2 sabotage mission that went south. Its also based on a true story! Love what you guys do here. Keep it coming, youre doing great!!
I love the crossbones logo they were sporting, that was hardcore 😂 Also was that my boy Yaz from Extraction?
If you guys are down for another foreign movie, check out Elite Squad. It's about Brazilian special operations police in Rio cleaning up prior to the Pope's visit.
The worse thing about war in the middle east is the lack of uniform regarding the enemy , the hostile purposely dress like civilians , its so cowardly , and makes me so anxious
This movie was super badass! I remember it the same way... eh I don't really wanna read a war movie... ok I'll watch it today i guess. 🤯
Awesome breakdown, could you guys watch Three Kings and the Equalizer 1&2?
sure can
Watched this a couple months ago and really enjoyed. The subtitles are a little tough at first but overall excellent movie. Cool to know you guys enjoyed it. Also didn’t know the ATF had that course in my hometown.
Based off your assessment; I’m going to check MOSUL out!😊
Agree 1 of the very best war movies. awards should be handled out
Damn this is probably the first time I really wished I had Netflix, just seeing the scenes showed in this video makes me want to see this movie real bad. That first scene yall started with goes fucking hard
@@apokalypstapes don't mind at all but I don't have a VPN and learned real quick that my internet provider watches. My brother has a VPN and has hundreds of movies on his plex server so I'll have to see if he might be willing to get it for me thanks for the info
I think this movie is a classic...saw it about a week ago on Netflix. Awesome.
You guys should react to Battle Los Angeles. Which is a guilty pleasure movie of mine. Even though the screenplay isn’t as great as it could have been. Still a good action film though. Lol
on it!
@@FNGACADEMY Yeah man it’s got a couple of great actors in it such as Aaron Eckhart and Michelle Rodriguez. They play Army soldiers who fight aliens. It’s based on a real event where the military in like the thirties or forties fired round after round into the air at UFO’s in our air space. lol
Fun facts, but the film was actually directed by an American screenwriter and produced by Russo Brothers (Avengers Infinity War and End Game). The reason why it was in foreign language was to help capture the authenticity and cultures. Also, the Major in the film was also in The Hurt Locker, portraying the innocent Iraqi who was strapped with a bomb vest at the end of the film.
Just throwing this out there... "Taegukgi" is a great film about the Korean War filmed in 2005 I believe. Y'all should do a Beers n Breakdown on that film
Korean cinema is awesome. Northern Limit Line is awesome as well.
Just watched the movie yesterday .. one of the best films I've seen in a while .
Thanks for posting this, I'd not even heard of this; I need to check it out. When you said "Foot stomping moment", that was the funniest thing you said (that's one of those 'only someone who has served will get it' things). I'd never heard of this movie before and I need to watch it, I agree that it sure LOOKED decent
Thanks. Headed to Netflix now to watch this.
More movie suggestions: 1) SISU, 2) Enemy at the Gates, 3) Behind Enemy Lines
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How’s going Buck?
Have you seen Elite Squad ( Tropa de Elite )
It kind of shows the story of a Special Police Unjt BOPE and the beginning of the career of two Officers.
I highly recommend.
In my infantry platoon we lost 4 guys on our first mission. That left us with 18 dudes left in an already drawn out platoon down in Kandahar in 09. We used to have to clear rooms by ourselves all the fuckin time. Even once we got replacements our platoon got up to around 30 guys, and that was multiple waves. After 14 months down there suffice to say we were definitely done.
Thank you for recommending this one. Really good movie. Just before the final clearing with his family he was shaking like crazy, and we still did not know it was his family, at first I thought it was because he was now the leader and it was too much. I loved that. And the part with the bartering with Iranian SF, they were essentially doing Green Beret style mission right? training locals for their own little militia. And the argument between him and the commander of swat over the prisoner was so loaded with history and each side nationalism/patriotism. And the dud RPG was like such "aw fuck" moment especially when you realize he gave up their hookah for it lol.
It is a great movie. Ive watched it at least six times
Finally a movie that has very few tactical holes in it.
agreed
Was waiting for you guys to do this one. Love it!!
I saw it on Netflix , excellent film . but i cheated and set it up on the Spanish language adapt and overcome :) You guys are great !
Forgot to suggest this movie. Been waiting for this video
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Thanks Kurt I'm gonna follow that page
You’d swear Toyota was an arms dealer.
This is one of my all time favorite movies. So damn good.
I agree, this is one of the best war movied ive seen in ages🥝🇳🇿😎
The scene about the kids. I don't think they're pulling their father, those toes were painted. I assume the family was pulling the dead mother but the father got killed along the way (close-up shot of the blood stained handle), he made the boys promise to bury their mother before he dead.