A not-so-gripping account of the US machinations to support the war against the Soviets in Afghanistan. Charlie Wilson, an important US Senator, is convinced the US should release funds and wage a proxy cold war through Pakistan. It is interesting the movie was released now, two decades after the first Afghan war and to find the US waging a very real war against the same Mujahideen it pumped billions of dollars of weapons to. For a man who supposedly was moved to act after seeing the plight of the Afghan people, Charlie Wilson did precious little once the war ended to set things right. The movie does show him advocating for aid to rebuild Afghanistan, towards the end, but I doubt the sincerity behind that effort.
I watched a movie at the cinemas after a long time and A&D was bang for the buck . Entertaining, replete with terrific sound and visual effects, including some breath-taking views of the Vatican city, A&D continues to build on the purported mysteries and myths within Catholicism of ‘The Da Vinci Code’. A&D has similar ingredients – cracking codes, puzzles, messages, secret societies and scheming individuals. The twists in the tale themselves were pretty good, considering the overall lack of any cinematic memories to carry from this movie. I am just glad I spent two hours and half the money to watch the cinematic version than to have spent twice that amount to read what can only be a mediocre thriller.
Tags: cinema, home theater, tom hanks
