Man Down Never Fits Together
by Andrew Wright
A family man marine (Shia LeBeouf) struggles with adjusting to life after wartime. Also, the Apocalypse happens at some point. Director/cowriter Dito Montiel has never exactly been one for subtle restraint. (His debut, A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, also starring LaBeouf, was a shamelessly Scorsesified story of his own teenaged years.)
This chronologically jumbled film, though, somehow feels both overblown and terminally thin, with a potentially affecting look at PTSD issue
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