不同于同类抗战片过度强调英雄个人的荷尔蒙或最后时刻的廉价牺牲，这部片子最大的反差在于它对战争荒诞性的冷静描摹。兄弟主演那几个，平时看着挺斯文的，这儿演起硬汉来真是一点不怯场，打戏看着特真实，血肉模糊的场面都有。如果你对历史战争题材感兴趣，喜欢那种通过小人物视角来折射宏大时代变迁，并且对细腻的情感刻画和逼真的野外生存氛围有较高要求，那么这部电影绝对值得你静下心来慢慢品味。 这片子特适合喜欢看硬核战争动作戏的人，特别是对历史感兴趣的，细节还原得挺到位。实景拍摄的印度尼西亚丛林与黑胶唱片厂色调形成鲜明互文，用抽帧镜头强化日军轰炸的压迫感。丛林既压抑又充满未知的恐惧，潮湿的树叶间偶尔闪过日军的枪火，那种孤立无援的绝望感刻画得入木三分。

　　The story begins in 1996 when Colonel Sodhi, now 70, visits his sister and her family. However, even after over half a century, the nightmares of his intense battle and its aftermath often return to haunt him. Old Sodhi and young Amar begin to bond and Sodhi accompanies Amar to Burma (Myanmar) for an assignment from BBC to shoot a documentary on the students against the Military Junta for freedom and democracy. In Singapore, Sodhi visits the places which bring back the memories of him as a Lieutenant in the British Indian Army Lt. Sodhi meets a beautiful photographer Maya who inspires him to change. Sodhi falls in love with Maya who joins the Indian National Army. Old Sodhi lands in Burma with Amar, and is welcomed by an Indian girl Rani. They accidentally get caught in the student protest and firing by the Military Junta to suppress the student agitation. When the soldiers of the Military Junta get rough and violent with Amar and Rani, old Sodhi is suddenly transformed into the young Lt.Sodhi and kills the two Burmese soldiers to defend his group.Old Sodhi and his group's escape from the Burmese soldiers runs parallel to the attack by the British bombers on Lt.Sodhi's unit. In 1944, the Indian National Army, tired, hungry, cold, feverish, sick had reached Imphal to defend it against all the odds piled heavily against them. In a school set up by Rani's grandmother, Old Sodhi finds the photograph of Maya and realizes that Maya has been dead. Old Sodhi, finally redeems himself by helping his young group safely cross over from Burma into India, and keep his promise to Maya that he would one day return to Burma to find her and be with her when his body is blown by the Burmese soldiers to ashes and glory.