in this review i will attempt to keep my personal political view out of it as much a possible . it obvious to anyone who know about the film that it be heavily political and express a strong anti war and anti u sentiment . although this sort of thing be nothing new a film like platoon and casualty of war have express strong political sentiment about another unpopular war especially anti american sentiment and the subject matter of this film set it apart from those and other war film a the event depict be suppose to be base on real event that take place in haditha one tragic day in november of 2005 where 15 non combatant be allegedly kill by marine in retaliation for a marine be kill in a roadside bomb . in the medium the event be call the haditha killing or the the haditha massacre . although make to look like a documentary the film be equal part fact and rumor and speculation and outright fiction . the writer or director nick broomfield be famous for his documentary such a aileen represent life and death of a serial killer document the life and trial and execution of female serial killer aileen wuornos . i have always enjoy broomfield documentary and the way he breaths humanity into his large than life subject and especially aileen . . . for it unflinching look at an obviously insane woman and the equally insane justice system that be about to execute her . but because of it documentary style and there be a certain amount of dishonesty in the battle for haditha that i find difficult to accept . the film start off with marine drive around listen to heavy metal and and then go into a sequence of interview in the style of full metal jacket on what the soldier think of the conflict . it be unanimous that the soldier do not want to be there and and do not understand why they be fight . their training be portray a extremely brutal and and mean to encourage violence . kill kill kill . be chant many time . one soldier show another soldier a war wound that he say could have get him discharge with 10 % pay and but decide to remain in the service so that he could collect his full pay and even though he apparently hat the war and feel his country be neglect him . i do not understand this logic while why would one risk their life for low pay in a conflict they do not believe in for a country they resent and rather than simply take an out when it be offer and go get a job in the civilian world . even a low pay job you do not like would be good than a low pay one that you do not like that be incredibly dangerous . the most interesting part of the film be the portrayal of the iraqi . while the marine be demonize and and so to be the foreign al qaeda fighter and the iraqi on the other hand be play a innocent victim . be introduce to a young iraqi insurgent who by day run a video store that sell dvd to u soldier while lead a double life where together with his uncle ( a disgruntle former iraqi soldier ) he smuggle weapon and plant roadside bomb . the uncle be piss off by checkpoint and war and the damage infrastructure of haditha leave by the 2003 invasion . most of all though he seem angry that when the u disband the iraqi army all he be give be fifty u dollar for his year of service . and so instead he decide to work for another group of foreigner who will pay him one thousand dollar every time he successfully blow up an american vehicle with a primitive ied . the other character be introduce to be a young couple and their child who be on neither side and and be simply try to live their life a best they can in the midst of war and chaos . they see the insurgent plant a bomb and but instead of warn the american and they tell their sheik and who tell them to pray . they be afraid that if they tell the american what the insurgent be plan that they will be target and execute by the insurgent . ultimately the morality of this film portray the american not only a hoot first and ask question later type but also a plain bloodthirsty . they march and chant kill kill kill they sit in their bunk plot vengeance and theyre rude to the iraqi whose country they have invade and they do not understand or care about the cause they be fight for and they blare heavy metal music everywhere they go . in reality american patrol spend far more time hand out food and water and medical supply and gift to the iraqi than they do shoot at anyone . i be not say there aren not tragedy happen and and that there aren not soldier get out of line and but these be the exception . this film try to portray the exception a the rule while ignore the fact that insurgents routinely and a a matter of policy target civilian in market place and funeral procession . the bad part of this film though be that the tragedy that take place in haditha be still under investigation and it be only a few year since blood be spill there . this film present an explanation and a verdict before the smoke have even clear and and it stir up sentiment that will not help end the conflict in iraq . even if there be a full u withdrawal from iraq and the insurgent will still be there . if the u leave iraq in the state it be in right now and would the iraqi people be good off live under a group that routinely slaughter innocent men and woman and child a a matter of policy . not deal with these kind of question be an injustice to everyone involve in the iraqi conflict . it be compound by the fact that it be shoot in a documentary style in an attempt to present itself a the truth when it be simply and like any other dramatic film represent just one point of view .