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Title: Fictional documentary on war in Iraq
Review: Brian DePalma's presentation on war on Iraq. The idea was to make the film from a soldier's point of view and it involves real life incident of group of an American soldiers who rape 15 year old Iraqi girl, kill her and her family and set them on fire to cover the evidence. Film is made from both party's point of view on the war, perpetual extension of duty for the soldiers who serve there and risk their lives every day and difficulty of ordinary Iraqis to live their lives under such circumstances. For Iraqi's even crossing security checkpoints guarded by American soldiers can be deadly in cases of emergency when they need medical help for woman giving birth. Director is not justifying either party, but he plainly tries to make a point that war is bad and it is mostly the civilians that pay the highest price. While I can hail this movie for its attempt of promoting pacifism, I found it to drag at times primarily because the actors in it were very bad.
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