Marine sniper Mike Stevens (Armie Hammer) and his spotter Tommy Madison (Tom Cullen) are on a mission to kill a terrorist leader. Mike refuses the order to shoot at a wedding with less than trustworthy intel. They barely escape into the desert hidden by a sandstorm and encounter a landmine warning. Tommy is not impressed and pushes onward. He detonates a mine and Mike steps on another one.

Neither guy is particularly smart or reasonable. First Mike has to give a better reason to not shoot the target. Maybe the target is holding a child. Second these guys are talking way too loud. Tommy is a loudmouth and annoying as hell. Third if Mike suspects landmine, he should be much further behind Tommy. He comes off as a little whiney. Honestly, I've not liked Armie's sensibilities as an actor. The Arab is infuriating and so is Mike. Also with so much sandstorm activities, it's unlikely anybody knows where the mines are. Mike's assumption is obviously wrong and the Arab's idea about walking a straight line is simply stupid. There is so much wrong with this script that it would be better if it's all a dream.

A bottle movie although the confined space here is really the desert. It does not help that Mine stars, failed leading man Armie Hammer who despite his best efforts has never risen above giving a passable performance in his film career so far.

Hammer plays a US marine sniper Mike who after a failed assassination mission sees his colleague Tommy blown up by a landmine and he then steps on one.

The film is really Mike standing still for several days, afraid to take a further step, semi hallucinating and having flashbacks of his life as he tries to reach his radio and call for help.

A Berber nomad visits him and tells Mike to move on, the nomad's daughter sometime turns up to give him some water.

It is left to Hammer to carry the film but he does not have the skill or script. It does not help that we have no idea where in North Africa this film is located on. We can guess that the Berber is an almost mystical figure, is he telling Mike to physically or mentally move.

We get flashbacks of Mike's abusive household, his tumultuous love affair, his camaraderie with Tommy. It is all a rather clichéd but it does have an emotional ending.

I did wonder why actor Tom Cullen who played Tommy sounded Australian. Of course it would also be impossible for Mike to stand on the trigger for so long without moving his foot and this is not how landmines work.

Mike (Armie Hammer) is a quiet special ops sniper assassin. Tommy (Tom Cullen) is his not so quiet spotter. Soon Mike finds himself alone in the desert with his foot stuck on a landmine. He stays there and talks to a Berber who asks all kind of "Why" questions. Mike stays put for days and examines his own life and demons caused by his father and his split with Jenny (Annabelle Wallis).

The film was very boring. I couldn't relate or care. I am not sure of the target audience. Guys who get into bar fights because of an abusive father? Guide: No swearing sex or nudity. Not much in horrific war scenes.