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Battle for Haditha

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An account of the Haditha killings of 24 civilians.

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Critics Consensus

This narrative retelling of the real life tragedy in Haditha is gripping and immediate but may sacrifice the subtleties of history for dramatic impact.

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Leo Goldsmith IndieWire 08/08/2009
A bold effort to grapple with what truth lies behind these images, rather than to simply throw one's hands up in the face of them Go to Full Review Steven Rea Philadelphia Inquirer 05/30/2008
2.5/4
Lacking in subtlety and nuance, Broomfield's nerve-jangling movie nonetheless succeeds in showing the war from various vantage points. And from wherever one's standing, the view is profoundly disturbing. Go to Full Review Stanley Kauffmann The New Republic 05/27/2008
Films about the Iraq war continue to come and, I hope, will keep coming. Among the most recent, The Battle for Haditha is especially notable. Go to Full Review Omar Yehia emel 07/21/2021
The dramatic movie entertains and startles the viewer throughout an 89 minute entertaining experience. Go to Full Review David Walsh World Socialist Web Site 02/13/2021
A good deal of the film, including perhaps its most memorable portions, is devoted to the processes which make the marines capable of carrying out their murderous assault. Go to Full Review Mattie Lucas From the Front Row 07/06/2019
3.5/4
This is one of the landmark films of this seminal point in our history, crying out not only for peace, but for understanding. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Laurie S @Karlwinters 07/30/2023 Events like these occur becease the Amerinans generaly are like untrained and un discipilined todders. iE; they haven't got a clue. GOD BLESS LESS AMERICA.! See more 01/07/2021 Great movie, shows how civilians pay the price for cowards who hide in the dark (Iraqis) and other cowards (Marines) who kill women and children. See more 08/05/2016 Superb, powerful and realistic film. Probably one of the best battle films of recent years. See more 01/02/2016 Well looks like a big Propaganda film like Platoon showing what a bunch of out of control troops we have that shoot through doors, and what a bunch of good people that were over there. See more 10/27/2015 11/9/15 Netflix. A very interesting and detailed movie that gives a look at the effects of war on troops, civilians and enemy fighters. Again, the common people from all sides suffer the consequences of decisions made by people in high and safe places. This movie has the feel of a documentary and is much more effective because it has no recognizable Hollywood actors. The ending was a little disappointing because it did not show the resolution of the investigation and what happened to all involved. See more 08/25/2015 Even though this was low budget, the filmmakers handled the film with care as its based on a true story that is quite profoundly disturbing. Not for everyone but indeed an important film See more Read all reviews
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Nick Broomfield

Director

Elliot Ruiz

Cpl. Ramirez

Matthew Knoll

Cpl. Matthews

Nathan DelaCruz

Cpl. Marcus

Yasmine Hanani

Hiba

Andrew McLaren

Capt. Sampson

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Battle for Haditha

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Movie Info

Synopsis An account of the Haditha killings of 24 civilians.
Director
Nick Broomfield
Screenwriter
Marc Hoeferlin
Production Co
Channel Four Films
Rating
R (War Violence|Pervasive Language|Disturbing Images)
Genre
Drama, War
Original Language
Arabic
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 17, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$7.1K
Runtime
1h 33m
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