down and subsequently adopts a more aggressive posture, treating the detainees less kindly than he had prior to Hammoud's confession. When it is finally time for Jack to go home, he briefs the soldier set to replace him, much like Tanner had briefed him. His replacement takes out a camera and snaps a photo, but Jack tells him to put the camera away. When Jack notices Hammoud has fallen asleep, he drags the prisoner out of the cell and begins yelling at him. Unknown to Jack, the second soldier snaps another picture. After returning home to the US, Jack sees the news coverage of the Abu Graib scandal breaking on live TV, with the pictures snapped of him as he is shopping at a local store with his girlfriend. Cast Luke Moran as Jack Farmer Sean Astin as Staff Sergeant Tanner Omid Abtahi as Ghazi Hammoud Sara Paxton as Peyton John Heard as Sam Farmer Michael Welch as Eugene "Pits" Fowler Elijah Kelley as Babatunde "Tunde" Ogundule John Robinson as Ryan Fox Scott Patterson as Captain Hayes Cru Ennis as Shaw Jerry Hernandez as Rodeo Kylie Rogers as Daughter Production Shooting occurred in Santa Fe, New Mexico at the Penitentiary of New Mexico, location of the New Mexico State Penitentiary riot. One scene was also shot at the now closed Baillios Electronics in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Reception Some critics criticized the film for not depicting the exact events of the scandal, but fictionalizing a story based on these events, while other appreciated the story and its one-step-at-a-time explanation of how an event like this actually came to pass. Audience reviews were more positive, most particularly from veterans for its realistic depiction of a soldier's deployment and its lack of a political agenda. The film won the Audience Award at the Gasparilla Film Festival and the War on Screen International Film Festival, the only two film festivals it screened at. References External links THE AISLE SEAT Film Review: Boys of Abu Ghraib American war drama films 2014 films Films set in 2003 Films set in 2004 Iraq War films Torture in films 2010s English-language films 2010s American films