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Killing Season is not one of de Niro´s or Travoltas more memorable films, nor is it very original. The film kicks off with an American IFOR unit catching a Bosnian Serb death squad red-handed after an atrocity and summarily executing the serbs. A very late date is given in the film, October 1995, so the incident is completely imaginary as many have pointed out. I don´t see how this could possibly matter, though. This is not a film about the Bosnian war at all. This is a film about war in general, and the backdrop could be any war. The main body of the film takes place in the present and in the U.S.A. A former adversary comes to face off a troubled former American soldier after some cat and mouse play. As in the similar but much better film Shot Through The Heart (1998) both players are looking for a closure to their agonies rather than simple revenge. In that film the adversaries were snipers from the actual Bosnian war. Another related film would be the Estonian film Mandarines (2013) about the Russo-Georgian war of 2008. De Niro´s and Travolta´s characters fight it out in the woods in pretty much classic Rambo mode, but to make things more interesting they also exchange a lot of dialogue that explores their psychological traumas, similarities and differences. The pain they inflict on each other is an extension of the pain they can´t get rid of after the war. The point of the film is one to take seriously: you can´t expect to go to war and come back the same. Here it is made by world class actors in a beautiful natural forest setting. Worth watching before you go ethnic cleansing or decide to attack a foreign country.

I wasn't going to watch this after reading all the terrible reviews but my husband liked it and asked me to, so I did. I was not disappointed. All the one-star reviews seem to concentrate on saying it was not historically correct in regards to the Bosnia war. I think those people are missing the point of the movie, which in my opinion was more about the relationship between DeNiro's character and Travolta's than historical accuracy. It's a movie and doesn't claim to be a true story. DeNiro was good as always, and Travolta gets a bad rap no matter what he does. I thought he did a good job, including the accent everyone is so focused on. Have any of you seen him in "Love Song for Bobby Long"? The man can act. I also noticed if you keep reading the reviews till you reach the third page, there are quite a lot of people that liked it and gave it 7-10 stars, and said basically what I'm saying, which is it's more of a relationship movie about the different effects of war on people than being about the war itself. Just felt like I needed to put a positive review on here after all the angry sounding "1 star" ones.

Sent into Bosnia to stop Serbian aggression, "Colonel Benjamin Ford" (Robert De Niro) discovers a death camp operated by a special Serbian unit. A fire fight ensues and several of the perpetrators are rounded up and subsequently executed by Colonel Ford's squad. However, one specific person named "Emil Kovac" (John Travolta) manages to survive and after a lengthy stay in the hospital finally recovers and decides to find out who was responsible and upon doing that sets out to America to kill the man in charge. Meanwhile, Colonel Ford is having a difficult time reconciling what he saw in Bosnia and the actions he felt he had to take and is unaware that someone is out to get him until he shows up on his doorstep in the middle of the wilderness. Now rather than reveal any more of this movie I will just say that it was interesting at first but some of the scenes were rather repetitive and from then on it proceeded to go downhill fast. Additionally, the fake Serbian accent used by John Travolta also got old rather quickly as well. In any case, I don't think this is a bad movie by any means but it certainly doesn't merit any high marks either and for that reason I have rated it accordingly. Average.

The following review will contain spoilers.When I first heard about this movie I felt is was going to be another hit or miss lazy direct to home video released film. After watching this film, I honestly can say that I was dead wrong about this film. Nearly everything about this film was perfect. From the acting to the directing, Killing Season delivers on nearly every front and is easily a must watch film. This is my review of Killing Season.The story opens with a flashback to the Bosnian War where Robert De Niro(Benjamin Ford) is serving the U.S. military efforts while John Travolta(Emil Kovac) is considered to be the enemy. The story opens with a line of enemies about to be shot, and we see Ford about to shoot Kovac but, we only hear the shot as the screen cuts to black. The story continues as Kovac gets Intel on where Ford is hiding out these days. He gets this information to hunt him down, torture him, and make him repent to God. The story continues on with more detail but, I will not be going into greater detail, just wanted to give a detailed outline of the story for the most part. This story was written by Evan Daugherty, who recently wrote the recent Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie from 2014. While I rightly trashed his effort in that film, I was shocked to see him lay out such a great story with fantastic characters like Ford and Kovac. This film is a lesson that don't always judge a book by its cover. If I had done that, then this is a film I would have easily passed over without thinking twice about it. This film really centers on conversation to build up the characters, and with amazing actors this type of film really worked very well. The script is not without its faults though. Ford, a military man, makes some questionable mistakes in the film, and this has to be chalked up to taking your eye off the ball for the sake of making the story more ingesting. Daugherty delivers one heck of an effort overall though for this film, that even surprised be. Even with some sloppier writing in certain areas, the movie holds together nicely.The film was directed by Mark Steven Johnson, who is known for some bad films like Daredevil and Ghost Rider. While I must agree with the masses on those two film, his effort in this film is completely different. This type of film itself is widely different than the more uptempo films like Ghost Rider and Daredevil. This is a more character driven film, with some very light action scenes. While the actions scenes come few and far between, when Johnson delivers these bigger scenes, they are so amazingly shot. Since this is lower budget film, you can notice some cheap green screening in certain spots but, that doesn't take away from the film itself. With a film like this, having great actors hold the film together is very important. John Travolta and Robert De Niro works so very well together, and this is very important as they have so many scenes where they banter back and forth. These two legends of acting really make this film something very special in the acting department, and is really the big reason to see this film. Even though Johnson has had some bad efforts in the past, his effort in this film was truly special to watch. Outstanding film and outstanding job of writing and directing in this film.Christopher Young is the composer for this film, and he has composed many big films in the past like Spider-Man 3, Sinister, The Exorcism of Emily Rose, and even composed the 2014 film Deliver Us from Evil. This being a more laid back character driven film, with minimal action scenes it is tough to steal the show for a composer unless you have great talent. Young shows how amazing he is at scoring films. The depth his score adds, especially towards the end of the film, is truly a wonderful thing to hear.In closing, the honest truth here is if you can watch this movie, I highly recommend it the film to everyone. While light on action, the story and the fabulous acting from John Travolta and Robert De Niro is more than enough to keep your attention for the duration of this incredible movie. For a movie like this I tend to dish out about a six to seven out of ten but, since the acting is so amazing, I thought it really did deserve an eight out of ten. A major streaming outlet does in fact carry this film, so if you subscribe to that, or if you have the ability to rent it, then this is a must see film.8/10