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Pressured by his superior (Sean Astin) into using harsh techniques on a seemingly innocent detainee (Omid Abtahi), the seductive allure of war quickly turns to a haunting reality that threatens to...
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Mar 28, 2014 · "Boys of Abu Ghraib" has a few, brief insights into how boredom, anger, and frustration helped fuel the rage that led to torture but the film couches it all in the filmmaking of TV-movie melodrama, draining it of all potential power or social context.
Mar 28, 2014 · Boys of Abu Ghraib: Directed by Luke Moran. With Luke Moran, Sean Astin, Sara Paxton, Omid Abtahi. An American soldier deployed at Abu Ghraib finds himself behind the walls of the infamous Hard Site, where he develops a secret friendship with an Iraqi detainee.
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- Luke Moran
- 2014-03-28
For a film about the hardened soldiers who oversaw the most notorious detainment center of the Iraq War, Boys Of Abu Ghraib is remarkably squeamish about tackling its subject matter head-on.
Boys of Abu Ghraib is a 2014 American war film inspired by the events that took place at the Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad, Iraq in 2003, in the background of the Iraq war. It was written and directed by Luke Moran, who co-stars alongside Sean Astin, Omid Abtahi, Sara Paxton, and John Heard.
Mar 29, 2014 · Rated R. With Sara Paxton, Sean Astin, Michael Welch. Essentially a one-man show, writer-director-star Luke Moran's Boys of Abu Ghraib observes a soldier's deployment at the prison during its...
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Mar 27, 2014 · “Boys of Abu Ghraib” MPAA rating: R for torture and violence, language and sexual content. Running time: 1 hour, 42 minutes. Playing: At Laemmle’s NoHo 7, North Hollywood. Also on VOD.
