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Battle for Haditha (2007)

Battle for Haditha (2007)
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The fate of two cultures becomes locked on a tragic collision course in director Nick Broomfield's dramatization of the events that led to the massacre of 24 Iraqi men, women, and children by American Marines. A squadron of American soldiers goes speeding across the Iraqi desert in a convoy of armored Humvees, eventually stopping at a local store where the soldiers jump out to stretch and browse the DVD selection. Meanwhile, as the Marines strike up a conversation with the young male clerk behind the counter, two Iraqi men climb into the back of a pick-up truck to get a crash course in IED mechanics. Both the Marines and the Iraqis are simply going about their daily business as usual, just doing their best to survive in a land where war is just another fact of life. For the Marines it's all about patrolling the desert and waiting for the next bomb to go off. When a roadside IED kills one Marine and wounds two others, the vengeance with which the American soldiers strike back at the locals may cause even the most hard-line warhawks to take pause and consider the true cost of a war which has no end in sight. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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Starring:
Elliot Ruiz, Falah Abraheem Flayeh, (more)
Director(s):
Nick Broomfield
Theatrical MPAA Rating:
NR
Format(s):
DVD
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Synopsis of Battle for Haditha

The fate of two cultures becomes locked on a tragic collision course in director Nick Broomfield's dramatization of the events that led to the massacre of 24 Iraqi men, women, and children by American Marines. A squadron of American soldiers goes speeding across the Iraqi desert in a convoy of armored Humvees, eventually stopping at a local store where the soldiers jump out to stretch and browse the DVD selection. Meanwhile, as the Marines strike up a conversation with the young male clerk behind the counter, two Iraqi men climb into the back of a pick-up truck to get a crash course in IED mechanics. Both the Marines and the Iraqis are simply going about their daily business as usual, just doing their best to survive in a land where war is just another fact of life. For the Marines it's all about patrolling the desert and waiting for the next bomb to go off. When a roadside IED kills one Marine and wounds two others, the vengeance with which the American soldiers strike back at the locals may cause even the most hard-line warhawks to take pause and consider the true cost of a war which has no end in sight. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Theatrical Feature Running Time:
97 mins

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Director(s):
Nick Broomfield
Writer(s):
Anna Telford, Nick Broomfield, Marc Hoeferlin
Producer(s):
Nick Broomfield
Theatrical MPAA Rating:
NR(Violence, Adult Situations, War Violence, Profanity)
Categories:
Documentary
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    Bill G.

    Far Leftist Nick Broomfield must have jumped at the chance to make this film before the ink dried on the newspaper headlines. Typical make a movie before we investigate if the facts are true! What you have is a low "B" grade movie of Fiction. The Marines were found innocent, and yes they were the same Marines who were condemed before the facts by both, Congressman John Murtha as well as Now President Barrac Obama... If you want the facts google Marines in Haditha, you'll see how a leftist media etc jumped at the bit to condem Marines. If you're looking for a make believe horror story stick with Freddy Kreuger! This movie isn't worth the film it was made on.

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    D A.

    This movie is pure anti- American, anti-military, anti-those who fight for freedom propaganda. It was discusting to watch them degrad our troups to this extent. This could be used as a terrorist recurring movie. shameful crash!!!!!

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    David C.

    Inaccurate, poorly filmed with bad acting. On top of that, it victimizes both our service people with racial and derogatory stero-types, AND the long suffering Iraqi people who are depicted as crude one dimesional prop pieces, for this hateful trash. I would rather get poked in the eye with a sharp stick than watch this again.

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