a an avid war movie fan and i be stun by this down to earth story . i would recommend this one instead of watch boring documentary . it be a great lesson in story telling as well . the simple truth be the ultimate scenario . the title itself do prepare u for this journey from human to animal . never in the movie do the animal part become surreal and just plain realistic and which set be apart . i would go so far a to say it take the opposite road from apocalypse now and no lyricism and theatrics . isn not that the ultimate tour de force in movie making . to be able to tell a story and so visually that you feel the action and but even in black and white picture and stereo sound and it would be a powerful . the director be definitely to be reckon with and i be now quite intrigue by his filmography .