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We happened to watch the entirety of Seal Team and then went looking for similar series. On paper, at least, this one seemed like a good follow-up to Seal Team.

It wasn't.

The way the male lead characters are portrayed is so cliched, their behavior so obviously engineered to appeal to a certain dimwit audience rather than accurately portray men in those real-life roles, that it's impossible to watch without yelling at the screen in disbelief and frustration every few minutes. Even the other supporting actors are scripted so poorly as to make the entire production unbelievable... no, not unbelievably good, unbelievably bad.

It depresses and confuses me that any producer would think that the best way to create a series alleging to portray the work of special operatives is to NOT hire former specops consultants and otherwise make no effort at all to script accurate portrayals.

This film's producer and publisher have the temerity and braggadocio to declare this an "epic" film.

It isn't.

Run. RUN the other way from The Green Knight. You will otherwise lose your head and sanity to it if you fail to flee.

The story this film tells is no less heroic and eventful than most other A-list sci-fi films you can name; it compares favorably with, say, Armageddon and Independence Day. The only thing that was missing here was a comparable budget and resources.

This film was produced on a relative shoestring budget, about 21 million dollars. That's peanuts compared to just the other two films I mentioned. If a comparable budget had been available to this film's production, allowing A-list actors and crew and top-notch digital effects, this film would have easily earned 4 out of 5 stars from nearly everyone who watched it, perhaps critics included.

In spite of that shoestring budget, perhaps because of it, it's nevertheless still a remarkable film. It's a keeper.