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Summary
Set during the occupation of Iraq, a squad of U.S. soldiers try to protect a small village.
Good for
- Friends night
- Thought-provoking
- Adults
Skip it if
- You need an uplifting mood
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Audiences like it more than critics (+11)
Critics 46Audiences 57GoodWatch 52
Tomatometer47%
Metascore45
IMDb6.3
Letterboxd · 28 K ratings2.9/5
User score5.7
Audience score48%
Running time
1 h 53 min
A typical length for war movies, −5 min on the typical 118
typical 118113Half of all war movies run 103–135 min.
Reach
Streams in 131 countries
+121Released
2017
April 21, 2017
9 years ago
Genres
WarActionDramaLanguage
English
Original language
Also spoken
ArabicMade in
United Kingdom
United States
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceStrong
- Gore, disturbing imagesMild
- Frightening scenesMild
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesStrong
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightSolo WatchThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 19 more22 people
- Nicholas HoultMatt Ocre
- Logan Marshall-GreenSergeant Harper
- Henry CavillCaptain Syverson
- Gonzalo MenendezHaring
- Beau KnappSergeant Burton
- Sam Spruell1st LT Anthony
- Tommy FlanaganSergeant McGregor
- Glen PowellSergeant Dylan Chutsky
Neil Brown Jr.Enzo
Navid NegahbanKadeer
Parker SawyersSergeant Robinson
Sammy SheikMahmoud
Osy IkhilePepps
Ṣọpẹ́ DìrísùSergeant Cole
Nabil ElouahabiArif
Anthony WelshCarter
Ziad AbazaMajid
Nicholas JacobRasul
Salim DawSheik
Jake FairbrotherKidwell
Amira GhazallaFatma
Jude PoyerCombat Medic (uncredited)
Directing · 3
- Fernando Coimbra Director
- Charlie Watson First Assistant Director
- Nada Atieh Second Assistant Director
Writing · 1
- Chris Roessner Screenplay, Executive Producer
Production · 14
- Mark Gordon Executive Producer, Producer
- Brian Kavanaugh-Jones Executive Producer
- Juliet Berman Executive Producer
- Sara Smith Executive Producer
- Justin Nappi Producer
- Ben Pugh Producer
Camera · 1
- Ben Richardson Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Zach Staenberg Editor
Sound · 4
- Adam Peters Original Music Composer
- Laurent Kossayan Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor
- Barry Chandler Williams Music Supervisor
- Michael K. Bauer Music Editor
Art · 6
- Mike Gunn Production Design
- Samy Keilani Art Direction
- Tim Blake Supervising Art Director
- Karim Kheir Set Decoration
- Emily Norris Art Direction
- Nasser Zoubi Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up · 5
- Suzie Harman Costume Designer
- Nour Aldeen Mekbel Makeup Artist
- Jemma Harwood Makeup Designer, Hair Designer
- Farah Jadaane Hair Supervisor, Makeup Supervisor
- Bella Cruickshank Hair Designer, Makeup Designer
Visual Effects · 3
- Sebastian Barker Visual Effects Supervisor
- David Payne Special Effects Supervisor
- Michael Reuter Visual Effects Producer
Other crew · 2
- Marian Briozzo Post Production Supervisor
- Robert Hackl Post Production Supervisor
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