Battle For Haditha (2 DVDs)

Controversial film critic Armond White declares that the two best films about the Iraq war are The Hurt Locker (recently released, and likely Oscar nominee), and Battle for Haditha. Haditha is directed by Nick Broomfield, a documentarian who has established quite a career, with his controversial doc Kurt and Courtney in particular, in which he claimed that perhaps Cobain was murdered. The film tackles yet another contentious issue; the events surrounding the infamous Battle of Haditha in the Iraq War. On November 19, 2005, 24 Iraqis (including children) were killed in Haditha, an Iraqi province, and to make things worse, over half of them were purportedly ...  Read the complete review

This film reminds me a lot of Jarhead. I love this film and like Jarhead it follows some of the psychological sides of war. Basically this film follows some US marines or something as they are on patrol in Iraq. Made by Film Four, this film explores some of the psychological side when one of their own is killed by a road side bomb. They go OTT and start killing pretty much everybody in this little village. I have to say, having only watched it once, I was very impressed by a film made by Film Four. I like some of the action type scenes and I do like how it is based upon a true story. The actors aren't all that good and it does let this film down, but ...  Read the complete review

I don't really do war films and I haven't watched any of the current films based in Afghanistan or Iraq, expecting them to be stereotypes and propaganda one way or the other. So it was of some interest to me when I read a description of this film which said it was fairly balanced and showed the perspective from all sides. I think the description was fair, the director - UK based Nick Broomfield, does a good job of portraying the feelings and actions of the US soldiers, the Iraqi insurgents and the civilians who got caught up in it. Script wise this is a documentary about the Haditha scandal but you'd never be able to tell that as it flows smoothly with action, ...  Read the complete review