American Soldiers (2005)

User Rating:

2.5/10   

Director:

Sidney J. Furie

Writer:

Greg Mellott (writer)

Genre:

Action | Drama | History | War

Plot:

A group of U.S. soldiers defy their country when they release mistreated prisoners.

Plot Keywords:

Iraq War | Based On Fact | CIA | Independent Film

Cast

Curtis Morgan	...	Spc. Tyler Jackson
Zan Calabretta	...	Sgt delvecchio
Jordan Brown	...	Spec. Cohen (Doc)
Eddie Della Siepe	...	Roy Pena
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Rachael Ancheril	...	Nurse 2
Michael Belisaro	...	P.F.C. Johnson
Philippe Buckland	...	SPC Carver
Michael Challenor	...	Doctor #2
Andrea Drepaul	...	Station nurse
Shaun Garrett	...	Sgt. Ron Stalker
Ben Gilbank	...	PFC Aikens
James Gilbert	...	Lt. Banning
Jesse Ryder Hughes	...	PFC Cooper
Jason Matheson
Brett Ryan	...	SPC. Romeo
Vince Salonia	...	Ahmed
Paul Sturino	...	Dowdy
Kevin Walker	...	Aide

Also Known As:

American Soldiers: A Day in Iraq (Australia) (DVD title)
American Soldiers: Dateline Iraq (Philippines: English title)

MPAA:

Rated R for pervasive war violence and language.

Runtime:

Australia:103 min | Philippines:110 min (cut)

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Brazil:18 | USA:R | Canada:14A | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | Singapore:M18 (cut) | Australia:MA

Filming Locations:

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Peace Arch Entertainment Group

Goofs:

Factual errors: When the squad approaches a suspected vehicle borne IED one soldier asks the other "how do you set off a car bomb?" the other soldier then radios back to the crew they have a car bomb. Standard operating procedure dictates that you do not transmit within 25 meters of a suspected IED because it could detonate it

Movie Connections:

References Scarface (1983)

Extremely Disgraceful

After spotting this in the Video Store, I thought I'd check this flick out. After 20 minutes, I had realised I had made a major mistake. This movie is extremely pathetic. I don't know what the makers were thinking, but it looked like a amateur home video with actors just plucked off the street. The acting was poor and the plot is just horrible. It seemed like that ideas were just made up as the movie went along. The director seemed like he had no clue on making this movie.

After half an hour of wasted time, I had to stop the movie. This atrocity was just too much for me.

Don't even look at the cover of the movie, don't even consider hiring it, just keep looking elsewhere for better entertainment.

1/10.