The Wall Film Analysis

The film The Wall is directed by Doug Liman which he also directed the film “Mr. & Mrs. Smith.” The Wall is led by three actors Aaron Taylor- Johnson as Sgt. Allen Isaac, John Cena as Staff Sgt. Shane Matthews, and Laith Nakli the voice of Juba an Iraqi sniper. The film is set in 2007 in Iraq at an oil pipeline where Sgt. Isaac and Staff Sgt. Matthews were called on to secure the area after they were informed there was a shootout. When the soldiers arrived, they encountered a sniper that was hidden in a pile of trash hundreds of feet away. The sniper shot down Staff Sgt. Matthews in the very beginning and Sgt. Isaac but Sgt. Isaac managed to hide behind a wall injured. Sgt. Isaac used his survival skills and radio to contact for help, but Juba intercepted his radio frequency so that he could talk to him. Throughout the hour and half film it was mainly spent on the two people talking. Sgt. Isaac realized that his partner was not fully dead yet, so he created a diversion to distract the sniper while his partner had a chance to take a shot, but the sniper killed him. Then a helicopter came to extract Sgt. Isaac and when the helicopter left it was sniped down by Juba, and then the movie ends. The film lacked dialogue and …show more content…
Isaac trying to figure out what he was going to do. Also, the film only just had one main character and most of the time spent was behind a wall and figuring out how he was going to make it alive. Most films have a rising action to keep the viewers interested but the only action it had was in the beginning and at the end of the film. For the duration of the middle of the film was dull because there was little to no movement and the camera was just kept in a single area. The critics should reconsider their thoughts because they should consider that most viewers like suspense and action, considering it is a war