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- 2010
- Not Rated
- Inception Media Group
- 1 h 33 m
- 2010
- Not Rated
- Inception Media Group
- 1 h 33 m
Summary Severe Clear is based on the memoir by First Lieutenant Mike Scotti as well as video footage shot by him and other members of 1st Battalion, 4th Marines on the outset of the 2003 invasion of Iraq. (Sirk Productions)
Directed By: Kristian Fraga
Written By: Kristian Fraga
- 2010
- Not Rated
- Inception Media Group
- 1 h 33 m
- 2010
- Not Rated
- Inception Media Group
- 1 h 33 m
Severe Clear
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Summary Severe Clear is based on the memoir by First Lieutenant Mike Scotti as well as video footage shot by him and other members of 1st Battalion, 4th Marines on the outset of the 2003 invasion of Iraq. (Sirk Productions)
Directed By: Kristian Fraga
Written By: Kristian Fraga
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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50% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
38% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
13% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
57
50% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
38% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
13% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Severe Clear provides a view of the early days of the war and reminds you of all the promotion and idealism that conflict came with.
It offers a much needed personal perspective on a subject that is too often reduced to political arguments.
At its most provocative, Severe Clear pungently evokes a heroic Marine Corps mystique.
His first-person perspective is unexpectedly frank as he shares some extremely dark moments -- spurred by increasing anger and doubt -- that civilians rarely get to see.
A potent reminder of how thankless a soldier's job is.
Like the big-budget thriller “Green Zone,” which is also opening this week, Kristian Fraga’s documentary catapults us back to the chaos of Iraq circa 2003. But instead of action figure Matt Damon, we get garish, staccato images and hard-bitten voiceover from First Lieutenant Mike Scotti.
Much of this footage might have been illuminating, even fascinating, in 2003. But seven years on, it's ancient history lacking insight, hindsight or a fresh take.
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Production Company
Sirk Productions
Release Date Mar 12, 2010
Duration 1 h 33 m
Rating Not Rated
Genres
Tagline Life on the Battlefield - No reporters, no camera crews, no politics, no censors
Awards
Rome Film Fest
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
