Afghan Luke

R

2011

1h 40m

Drama

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50+ Ratings

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A journalist returns to Afghanistan to determine the truth after his story about Canadian snipers possibly mutilating corpses gets buried.

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K B

I liked it - it’s not perfect but it really breaks up the stupidity of modern Hollywood films.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/22/24

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h a

I thought this would be a war crimes coverup movie but after it was over I realized I had just watched a modern day Strange Brew in Afghanistan, It's really not bad.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

Great movie, unless your a brain dead moron that just wants explosions and sex.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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dave j

Monday, April 5, 2014 (2011) Afghan Luke DRAMA Canadian freelance reporter/ journalist, Luke Benning (Nick Stahl) thinks he has witnessed from a distance a well renown Canadian sniper cutting a finger from each of his kills while fighting in Afghanistan. And upon going back to Canada, he tries to get it published, but with no avail he ends up getting fired for wanting to pursue it. So he decides to go back to Afghanistan to that exact same location where it all happened so that he can physically check on the bodies himself. From looking at the big picture, to make it a goal to convict a single person of war crimes, for something as trivial as checking up on people who're already dead and buried, you would've think that would have to be the least of his problems. I still have know idea why that is so important when they're worst things that happened in the war of Afghanistan, such as unreported sexual assaults of women in the military(The Invisible War), freelance shootings by covert operations and then cover up (Dirty Wars), and torture tactics at Guantanamo Bay, road side bombs, Taliban extremists targeting foreigners and Taliban extremists using children as martyrs, and I can go on forever. The other confusing aspect of this movie is the fact that viewers don't have any sense what this movie is about, is it about the reunification of Afghanistan people, the fact that they sell pot to make a living when their is nothing else, or to produce proper sanitation even though Taliban extremists also target foreign aid workers. This movie narrow mindedly addresses a small little problem out of something bigger. And as a result of them doing that, it kind of portray Luke Benning as an annoying douche. 2 out of 4 stars

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

Not a Stahl fan. Deeply flawed film that does have some funny moments.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/23/23

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Audience Member

Just interesting enough to keep watching, but then dissapointed in the end.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/23/23

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Mike Clattenburg

Director

Nick Stahl

Luke Benning

Stephen Lobo

Mateen

Ali Liebert

Miss Freedom

Lewis Black

Self

Steve Cochrane

Sgt. Rick Cahoon

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Dave McGinn

Globe and Mail

Few people will gain a greater understanding of Canada's war from this movie. There are a handful of worthy moments, but it's too bogged down in clich.

Rated: 1.52/4

Sep 23, 2011

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Norman Wilner

NOW Toronto

[This] attempt to mine the material for black comedy is full of war-is-hell clichs, flat jokes and ragged storytelling.

Rated: 1/5

Sep 23, 2011

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Synopsis

A journalist returns to Afghanistan to determine the truth after his story about Canadian snipers possibly mutilating corpses gets buried.

Director: Mike Clattenburg
Producer: Mark Slone
Screenwriter: Barrie Dunn, Douglas Bell, Patrick Graham
Production Co: Afghan Luke Productions
Rating: R (Pervasive Language|Drug Use|Some Violence)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 12, 2012
Runtime: 1h 40m

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