Redacted

Brian de Palma's new brave film will be a tough sell to mainstream America. It's riveting as it's harrowing. It will be hard to watch for many, specially those Americans who have been living in a bubble. However it shows only a fraction of what's known and been posted on the Internet. The film fictionalizes and focuses on the incidents around the rape and killing of an Iraqi girl and her family in Samraa. (The actual names and places have been changed). WAR IS HELL and De Palma shows us a glimpse of that hell where the good Americans suffer as much as the bad ones. Those who think that this films will harm the American image need not to worry because the damage is already done. It will at least show that not all Americans supported this war and the guilt is on those who voted for this government and supported the war. De Palma whose excellent "Casualties of War" exposed war crimes in Vietnam showcases another one in Iraq that seems so real using the appropriate techniques. The actors do an excellent job to show the insanity of war. The film is ahead of its time and maybe too soon for most. It's a powerful tale that needed to be told and it's not anti American but pro humanity because the dignity of a human being is untouchable and you see it being violated on a daily basis. The war in Iraq is not over yet but it will haunt us for many years to come. YRCinema's coverage of current releases.