Pulls no punches...

Rating: 8/10 (4 March 2014)

Given that this film was made so soon after the actual events, there was bound to be some scepticism about how accurate it's portrayal may have been of those events.
However, Ms. Bigalow chooses to show the broader picture.
For the majority of the film, she shows what we now widely know to be true.
The visceral lust of the American people and their various representatives and Agencies for revenge against UBL and any part he may or may not have actually played in the 9/11 plot.
The long and costly lengths to which those Agencies went in order to track down UBL.
The inhumane and illegal methods that were used to find and extract information - Extraordinary Rendition (kidnapping), torture, humiliation, threat of execution, etc.
The sheer bravery of those we expect to do whatever our respective Nations demand of them ('We fight the war we're sent to fight', as a Royal Marine Commando once said).
Ultimately, though, she leaves us asking 'Why?'. 'Was all that effort really worth it?'
Despite UBL's death, Al-Qaeda still exists, Islamic Fundamentalism still exists, terrorism in all shapes and sizes still exists.
Did anything change after UBL's death - maybe only ourselves in what we were willing to allow in order to achieve our 'goals'.
I believe that is what 'Maya' finally realises.