Excellent war film

Rating: Null/10 (16 September 2009)

I thought this was a very realistic film, and well acted also, about the cauldron of urban fighting in Iraq. Informs as well as takes you on a journey through a war torn place that will probably always bear the scars of conflict, no matter how many years pass. I really got a sense that the people who made this film had researched their subject matter thoroughly, in an effort to present the best possible vision of what things are really like in modern day Iraq re the war there. Worth the time to see even if you are not especially drawn to war films. I did not get a sense of dominating egos on the screen-it was well balanced and was not just another film made to promote this or that star. Interestingly, because it was a war film, it was not particularly gory, although it could have been-sure there was a moment or two, but it was clean stuff compared to much prime time TV viewing.