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ThinkFilm
Academy Award winner Irwin Winkler (Best Picture, Rocky, 1977) has dropped the first major motion picture on the subject of the war in Iraq. One might wonder if he should have dropped this project rather than take it on. Samuel L. Jackson, Jessica Biel and Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson star as three soldiers who are sent on a humanitarian mission to bring medical supplies to an Iraqi village. The three suffer physical and psychological injuries and bring their trauma back home with them after returning from their tour of duty. If all of this sounds eerily similar to the 1978 classic filmThe Deer Hunter, that’s to this film’s detriment. If that reference doesn’t ring a bell, skip this anyway. –forrest green III
