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Opium War

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Two wounded American soldiers in Afghanistan meet Afghanis living in an old Russian tank.

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Gary Arnold Washington Post 04/23/2018
Like virtually every movie, Lin Tse-hsu reveals interesting things about the culture that spawned it, but it's difficult to greet this 20-year-old mediocrity as a major culture revelation. Go to Full Review Boyd van Hoeij Variety 12/08/2008
As in Osama, the Afghan writer-helmer again uses a non-pro cast, but the result is stifled by poorly written English dialogue and a failure to reconcile apparent realism with occasional detours into absurdist tragicomedy. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Audience Reviews

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05/23/2009 I saw this on opening day of Seattle International Film Festival. What a disappointment! This may be the worst movie I've ever seen. There is no plot, no message, and no value as entertainment. The characters are these shallow, brutish people whose motives and actions are impossible to understand due to the crude dialog used in the script: lots of insults and vulgarity are expressed for no apparent reason. This movie insults the intelligence of anyone who happens to be stuck watching it. See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Siddiq Barmak

Director

Peter Bussian

Don Johnson

Joe Suba

Joe Harris

Marina Golbahari

The Mad Girl

Fawad Samani

Scorpion

Jawanmard Paiez

Actor

Movie Info

Synopsis Two wounded American soldiers in Afghanistan meet Afghanis living in an old Russian tank.
Director
Siddiq Barmak
Producer
Siddiq Barmak
Screenwriter
Siddiq Barmak
Genre
Drama, War
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 30m