I treated my guy to this movie for Father's Day. What a rush! Although the first half hour is slower than the rest of the movie, I found myself screaming in my seat in the early part of the movie when the military convoy in which Robert Downey, Jr. is a passenger, is fired on in Afghanistan. I enjoyed the visual effects, the characters and their interactions, and the plot. Robert Downey, Jr., Jeff Bridges, Gwyneth Paltrow and the host of characters who played the Afghan guerillas, were quite believable. I would recommend this movie to others and just might go to see it again.,