Elliot Ruiz, Yasmine Hanani, Andrew McLaren
An investigation of the massacre of 24 men, women and children in Haditha, Iraq allegedly shot by 4 U.S. Marines in retaliation for the death of a U.S. Marine killed by a roadside bomb. The movie foll...( read more
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DVD Release Date: December 30, 2008
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Flixster Reviews (365)
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December 16, 2008A modern warfare movie about a terrible massacre of Iragi people. Nick Broomfield is better known for his documents then movies. "Battle for Haditha" has a documentary feeling, focusing on the Marines as well as the Iraqi insurgents and locals.
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March 21, 2008Believably brutal study of a military engagement gone horrifically wrong. Did make me wonder how often this must happen and it is simply covered up.
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March 18, 2008Director:Nick Broomfield
Released: 2008
Stars:Elliot Ruiz, Yasmine Hanani, Andrew McLaren Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
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March 20, 2008The most powerful film made about the Iraq War to date. Sadly, its overrated.
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April 9, 2009Staged 'documentary' about an incident in the Iraq war where an IED killed a number of U.S. morines, leading to a response where 24 Iraqi men, women and children were massacred by the U.S. forces. Overly politically correct suggesting that all parties, the U.S. troops, the Iraqi...( read more)
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March 12, 2009A must see war film.
Trully moving and gripping
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March 7, 2009real actiauelly happend.shows how easy our people get killed over there.kill them all let god sorte them out.....
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March 3, 2009They might as well have filmed this picture at a camping ground, because it's IN-TENTS! And just like a camping trip, it's pretty boring until something violent happens.
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Critic Reviews
May 30, 2008
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
May 7, 2008
Kyle Smith, New York Post
This film by Nick Broomfield, which superficially resembles Brian De Palma's Redacted in that it is a mockumentary based on real, horrible events, is a 90-minute libel against the Marine Corps. full review
May 7, 2008
Armond White, The New York Press
Although Battle for Haditha is certainly a plotted and arranged fiction, it is skillful and informative without corrupting our perspective via the techno-faddishness that undoes current filmmakers full review
May 6, 2008
Nick Schager, Cinematical
As unsophisticated as ... Brian DePalma's Redacted, although at least Broomfield forgoes spurious aesthetic shenanigans. full review
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