It turns out a sniper, more patient than the American soldiers, had been biding time for the moment.
Of course, all heck breaks out and soon enough, an injured Isaac takes shelter alone behind a teetering stone wall. When Matthews deems the site safe, he heads down to check it out. Peering through his malfunctioning scope that once belonged to a now-dead friend, Isaac (known as "Ize" – get it?) and his training thinks something doesn't seem right. All they have seen is the remains of a massacre – 8 bodies with no signs of life. Hulking Staff Sergeant Matthews (John Cena) and his fellow soldier Isaac (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) have been perched and camouflaged on the side a hill for more than 20 hours as they carry out reconnaissance on the site of an under-construction oil pipeline. It's late 2007, and the war is winding down as rebuilding efforts are underway. Director Doug Liman certainly understands how to use the camera in creating tension and stress, yet while he and writer Dwain Worrell seem so intent on proving the confusion and futility of war, they seem to forget that a thriller needs either a hero to cheer or a villain to jeer.
Smith, and The Bourne Identity (the original), the last thing we expect is a stripped-down war movie whose camera focuses on a single character almost the entire run time. When a director's filmography includes "big" action movies like Edge of Tomorrow, Mr.
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