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A Private War: Doesn't live up to its title

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War is hell.
And so is this flick starring Rosamund Pike as British war correspondent Marie Colvin.

It takes viewers into most of the contemporary war zones. Bosnia. Afghanistan. Sri Lanka. Syria.

After losing an eye when she's hit by a grenade, Marie soldiers on. Maybe if the Movie Slut learned more about Marie's early life, she would have been more involved in her story and more impressed by her devotion to bring news of war atrocities to the citizens of the peaceful world.

But lacking context, Marie comes across as a woman motivated less by righteous courage and more by foolish risk-taking.

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