In this age of globalisation, with the tides of technology sweeping us all towards a crash of civilisations, it is reassuring to learn that there are some things already held in common. Some things that transcend the great walls of culture. Some universal beliefs. Some starting points for a universal conversation, maybe.
It’s less reassuring to spend two hours in a cinema learning the first of these commonalities is that movies about war, wherever they are made, are filled with the same grizzly cliches.
