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I will try and find out beforehand how that particular scene with Michael in Afghanistan is handled in this remake. [ ] It took a while until my husband called out to me that it was safe to come back in. He said it was pretty gruesome...
If it's the same in the remake, I might have to prepare myself.
It *was* gruesome, - difficult to watch.
I must admit I am envisioning a more "heroic" sort of scene in the American version. No offense to our American friends, but their films by and large contain a patriotism/heroism combo that you don't often see them deviating from in war films (as far as the main protagonists are concerned).
Depicting an American soldier in that situation in the yet ongoing war in Afghanistan in an American film is not equivalent with depicting a Danish one in a Danish film. Danes have less of a "pride of the nation" image to live up to - less cultural and historic expectations on their soldiers' shoulders.