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A Review of Netflix's Outside the Wire

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 It’s the year 2036, and there is a civil war going on. Outside the Wire opens up to the U.S marines being ambushed, drone pilots giving support, and Lieutenant Harp-a black drone pilot-going against orders. We get to see how annoyed his superiors are for disobeying orders, and how he gets deployed. Netflix While the opening scene of the movie had substance, the plot became watered down as the movie progressed. It’s like they said “let’s have a great first few minutes, and then go with whatever comes to mind,” because the movie became hard to follow. It was easy to get lost in trying to understand a character, or why the character was needed in the first place. Netflix When it comes to Anthony Mackie’s role as an android-Captain Leo-a lot can be said about it. Was it the intention of the writers to make the android that way? or was it simply Anthony’s way of interpreting the role? The only semblance of a robot we got was when it was time to fight. If one missed the scenes where the...