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Year
2008
Duration
126 minutes
Genres
Drama, Thriller, War
Language
English
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The main weapon in the Iraqi insurgency between 2003 and 2011 was the roadside bomb - known to the military as IEDs (improvised explosive devices). This brilliantly tense action-drama follows a squad of American bomb specialists in Baghdad as they try to defuse these devices, a task that is dangerous, tricky and unpredictable. Adding to the unease is the difficult relationship between the ultra-professional Sergeant Sanborn and the newly appointed Sergeant James, who relies completely on his unconventional methods and instincts. A film that shies away from politics to tell a more humanistic story of masculinity and adrenaline.
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