Surprisingly balanced viewpoint for Emmerich, but it can't save the film from being very bland and even the many battle scenes didn't do a lot for me. They are usually kind of cool to look at, but so reliant on unconvincing CGI that you can almost never be fooled that what you seen onscreen is real. Especially in the beginning the greenscreen scenes are very bad and distracting. And while even in a film like this unconvincing VFX are not a dealbreaker, they just add to:

- lackluster performances from the actors
- hardly any sense for pacing and bad editing
- predictable story beats (beyond the fact that obviously this is based on a true story, you can often easily predict which planes get shot down in which order just based on how they set it up and what the laziest path is from there)
- boring and flat characters and
- at times laughable dialogue.

And even the battle scenes kind of get old and repetitive over time, so in the end you're not left with much to remember. It's not terrible, but it's not good by any means either.

All this unfortunately means that "meh" is the most favorable rating I can give this one. You're not going to have a great time with your brain turned on, but on the other hand there's not enough there to entertain you with your brain turned off either.