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Full Battle Rattle

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American soldiers train in a mock Iraqi village in California's Mojave Desert.
Full Battle Rattle

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Critics Consensus

Full Battle Rattle is an insightful, eye-opening account of the preparations soldiers must make for their service in Iraq.

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Jonathan Romney Screen International 10/18/2008
An entertaining, often very funny, but ultimately revealing and unsettling film about a US Army camp in the Mojave Desert where Iraq War conditions are simulated for training purposes. Go to Full Review Eddie Cockrell Variety 10/18/2008
A so-so pic on an incendiary subject. Go to Full Review Kirk Honeycutt The Hollywood Reporter 10/18/2008
A docu about modern war games in the California desert contains little insight into the Iraq War. Go to Full Review Steve Erickson Gay City News 03/09/2018
One wonders what attracted the filmmakers to a subject about which they have so little to say. Go to Full Review Stuart Klawans The Nation 11/04/2013
Like any documentary about putting on a show, Full Battle Rattle abounds with mirth-provoking incongruities between the effect aimed for and the means used to achieve it. Go to Full Review Jennifer Merin About.com 06/27/2009
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Somewhere in the Mohave Desert, the U.S. military maintains a large rural compound that contains several fake Iraqi towns. It's Disneyland for war games Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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05/13/2011 Fascinating and revolting but suffers a little from the same divided loyalties as its subjects. See more 11/18/2010 supposedly funny but i didn't laugh See more 02/28/2010 I had no idea such a thing existed so this... documentary? was pretty interesting. See more 11/30/2009 A rather wild look at the training camp set up in the Mojave desert to mimic the conditions of Iraq for the purposes of training soldiers for deployment. The film follows both the military men as well as the character actors within the 'village' who are given scripted prompts and elaborate back stories to work with to develop their characters and how they feel about the occupying U.S. forces. At turns disturbing, funny and downright depressing, this film is well worth a look. Recommended. See more 11/22/2009 An interesting look at the thought processes of both sides of the equation. See more 10/07/2009 An extremely engaging documentary. See more Read all reviews
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Tony Gerber

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Jesse Moss

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Movie Info

Synopsis American soldiers train in a mock Iraqi village in California's Mojave Desert.
Director
Tony Gerber, Jesse Moss
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 23, 2017
Runtime
1h 32m