4 weeks ago 22nd Jul 19:31
Cast: Izzy Diaz, Daniel Stewart Sherman, Patrick Carroll, Mike Figueroa, Ty Jones
Dir: Brian De Palma
Rating: 1/5
Brian de Palma is better known for his gangster movies that have gone on to be classics of cinema but now he gets all topical with his Iraq drama Redacted.
Redacted follows a group of soldiers who are stationed at a checkpoint in Iraq. Angel Salazar (Izzy Diaz) is an aspiring filmmaker who is intent on capturing his experience on videotape.
His fellow soldiers--Reno Flake (Patrick Carroll), Lawyer McCoy (Rob Devaney), and Gabe Blix (Kel O'Neill)--seem to be surprisingly well-adjusted at first, but it isn't long before their true colours come through.
When Reno decides to get drunk and harass an Iraqi family, the situation devolves into rape and murder, putting an incredible strain on Lawyer, who wants to expose Reno but doesn't want to rat out a fellow soldier.
In the past war movies have always been released after that particular conflict has come to an end the war on terror, which sees American and British troops still fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, is the only war to be documented upon while the soldiers are still fighting for their countries.
Redacted follows the likes of Lions to Lambs, Stop Loss and In the Valley of Elah that have confronted the issue of the war on terror but Redacted really does go a step too far.
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