Battle for Haditha
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65 out of 100

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7.4 out of 10

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  • Summary: November 19, 2005, Haditha, Iraq: Iraqi insurgents bomb a convoy of US Marines, resulting in the death of their most popular officer. His young, enraged Marine buddies carry out a brutal retaliation. Their violent house search leads to the massacre of 24 people, many of whom are women and children--tragic causalities of a war they cannot control. The Marines, too, are victims, attacked, wounded, and forced to respond in the way they have been trained. But when events occur at great speed and under extreme stress, can Marines in the line of fire be accused of murder? (HanWay Films)… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 12
  3. Negative: 1 out of 12
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Owen Gleiberman
    100
    Searing, powerful, and morally entangled.
  2. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Michael Rechtshaffen
    80
    With its dialogue largely improvised by many who had seen extensive combat in Iraq, Battle for Haditha has a gripping authenticity lacking in other similarly themed dramas.
  3. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Manohla Dargis
    60
    Mr. Broomfield maintains a level of cool detachment throughout. That's to the good of the movie, which, though technically exemplary, falters dramatically on occasion, becoming dangerously close to overheated whenever the characters speak for any length.
  4. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Kyle Smith
    25
    The film is an exposé only of a filmmaker's senseless contempt for the military.

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