Damn, son. This shit was intense.

Yeah, it's an American movie about an American operation with American clichés. But without the unnecessary over-patriotism and glorification of the importance of whatever damn operation they got going on before shit hit the fan.

I'm having a pretty hard time actually finding things I disliked about these 2 1/2 hours of superb entertainment.
The story was based on real events, most certainly a little bit dramatized, but that's okay. For a war movie, this was a damn good story.
The cinematography was amazing. Seriously. Impressive camera work with a smart use of drones, a perfectly set atmosphere (with a couple of hick-ups in terms of lightning, but I think that's just me being overly critical) and some of the best special effects that I've seen in years.
The soundtrack and general sound mixing didn't leave any room for criticism, too. It all just flowed perfectly and the orchestral music even gave me some goosebumps here and there.
And guess what, even the acting wasn't bad. It's a war movie. With actors who are actually good. I'm positively amazed.

Michael Bae(sic!) and the rest of the folks involved in this movie simply did a great job on all ends.
And now I finally have a new war movie I can recommend.