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 Military-centric movies, which are loaded with all kinds of hyper-nationalism and machismo, have always been, and still are, an easy sell today. If it’s a biopic about someone who gave his life while committing all kinds of war crimes, which were obviously whitewashed to make the narrative palatable for family audiences, then it’s a guaranteed hit. But for reasons I don’t want to specify, because I don’t want to be labeled anti-national, this subgenre of action movies has never impressed me.  Now, if you put a small group of soldiers in a forest and put them through hell, then you have my full attention. For starters, there’s Triple Frontier, which is also one of the best heist movies. Da 5 Bloods is also a great example. Factual inaccuracies aside, Lone Survivor is amazing. Despite veering into sci-fi territory, Predator remains a classic in the man-versus-nature category. While Rambo 2, Land of Bad, and Behind Enemy Lines (RIP Gene Hackman) don't have entire platoons bravin...