Set on a small parcel of land in American-occupied Afghanistan and taking place over the course of 24 hours, D.J. Paul's feature directorial debut, B.O.H.I.C.A. (an acronym for "bend over, here it comes again"), follows the bizarre events that unfold when four U.S. Army Reservists assigned the thankless task of protecting a radio tower realize that they have actually come under attack by an Afghani militia. Realizing that they're more likely to die of boredom than enemy gunfire in their barren
Nov 14, 2008 Wide
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B.O.H.I.C.A. makes the most of its single setting and small, well-chosen cast, but otherwise never gels into the stirring antiwar statement it clearly aspires to be.
Director D.J. Paul and screenwriter Joseph "Bo" Colen don't bring much new to the notion of boredom being the toughest part of war.
BOHICA slips into both didacticism and stage acting on a few occasions, but it never really grates.
It's not art or artfully rendered, and nothing they're saying is news. Still, it is good to see [star Brendan] Sexton again.
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