the first problem i have with this film be in it open title claim to be base on a true story . this set you up with anticipation that the filmmaker have develop this film aim for authenticity and recreate what it be like to be the first fighter pilot in the first modern war . for the first time film maker have the tool with cgi to truly accurately portray the visceral effect of wwi dog fight to put the audience right back into the thick shell smoke 1916 western front . however they fall very short of the mark because through their obsession with their aerial money shot and they seem to have forget the human story of the true horror of combat and what it do to the human soul . in the fact it the human story that the director make the big hash of . it horrors of war paint by number and let have the veteran see it all and let have the fearless guy and then just so people know war can be nasty let have a shell shock guy . but this be do so distastefully it truly mock people who have actually be traumatize by war . this films claim to have the most authentic aerial combat footage ever put to film . the cgi shot be also no where near as good a the film maker think they be . in many case they come across a in game movie footage from an xbox360 and cartoon like and unreal . the filmmaker have also make no effort to research their period and without create any spoiler there be some truly ludicrous almost james bond like action set piece that take away all sense that you be watch a realistic war film . the bi plane might as well have afterburner and laser beam and fly into space and the film wouldn not be any less believable and probably a lot more interesting . this be nothing more than a boys own story while where the first casualty be truth or realism . it have a tv movie feel and the acting be so bad you couldn not care less who live or dy by the end of it . this film could have offer so much but it seem the director and the produce bottle out and aim for an arcade computer style shoot em up with shallow acting and a big help of cartoon cgi .