not sure one can call this an anti war film and it show war at an elite level . these be elite troop that know what they be do and take great pride in it . even when they be pacifist and they still enjoy the skill level and defeat their foe and even if it do go against be a pacifist . the movie be slow and rather uneventful and in many way be rather tame a war movie go more so by today standard and no body part fly off a in modern movie . it be brutal in other way though a you see kill at a personal level . this be more of a think man movie . once you start to watch you do not want to miss anything . the thought of the men in the movie and their interaction and be what the movie be about not the combat itself or a big exciting storyline . this maybe call a war triller . if you be into the skill of war and if you be into read or see program about the sa and so on and you want to watch this movie . comparable movie be the hill ( 1965 ) with sean connery and 49th parallel ( 1941 ) with an all star cast and the naked and the dead ( 1958 ) with cliff robertson . all be unusual in their way and show war at a personal level . enjoy .