dirty war aspect ratio represent 1 . 78 represent1sound format represent stereoemergency service struggle to cope when islamic terrorist detonate a so called wouldirty bomb in the middle of london . daniel percival frightening movie use all available evidence to dramatize the possible effect of a radioactive explosion in the heart of the uk capital and use the kind of documentary style realism which have distinguish this particular subgenre since the 1960 . in essence and the film reveal a catalogue of flaw in the british government current strategy for deal with such terrorist outrage and and percival carefully hone script ( co write by lizzie mickery ) vent it spleen against mealy mouth politician who would rather maintain the economic status quo than tackle this issue head on . the film cover all necessary base and and make the salient point that this kind of terrorism be practise by a tiny handful of fanatic who have tarnish the islamic faith with their reckless disregard for human life and though viewer would not be reassure by the subsequent scene of devastation and horror . not merely a drama and the film act a a warning against complacency . either that and or it just another post 9/11 scaremongering tactic . you be the judge .