WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT

Dir: Glenn Ficara / John Requa (15, 112 mins)

A wavering tone stops this ‘WTF’ from satisfying on a comedic or a dramatic level despite the best efforts of all involved. Wanting to be a surreal satirical sideswipe at war but ending up somewhat toothless, it nevertheless features a game performance by Tina Fey as a journalist stuck doing thankless reporting on unexciting topics when a post in Afghanistan comes up. She leaps at it and finds herself ensconced with other foreign journalists including Margot Robbie and Martin Freeman, fending off sexual advances from everyone whilst occasionally being in a tense situation. This blend of broad rom-com jokes in the theatre of war is unsatisfying and the result is far blander than it should have been. Points are made about the thrill and boredom of being in a war zone but none have real bite, a shame considering the talent involved. Not exactly WTF, more ho hum.