Very realistic and surprisingly unbiased

Rating: 10/10 (16 May 2004)

A great movie. It's especially relevant today considering how obviously its subject is analogous to America's current difficulties occupying Iraq. I only wish more Americans would watch it now.
The movie's gritty, realistic feel is very good, bringing the whole conflict to life and making it feel more urgent and personal. It's hard to believe the film's claim that no real news footage was used; some of the later protests and city-wide survey shots look like could have come from contemporary news.
Also, this movie's hardly biased. Even though the rebels get more screen time by far, the counterrevolutionary forces and uninvolved civilian views are presented sympathetically.