The Mark of Cain (2007)

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Director:

Marc Munden

Writer:

Tony Marchant (writer)

Release Date:

25 November 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Uses detailed research and explosive new testimonies by soldiers who have served in Iraq to tell an emotional fictional story of two young men very much out of their depth.

Plot Keywords:

Iraq | Death On Custody | Racism | Brutality | War Crime

Awards:

6 wins & 5 nominations

Cast

Gerard Kearns	...	Mark 'Treacle' Tate
Matthew McNulty	...	Shane Gulliver
Naomi Bentley	...	Shelley
Elliot Cowan	...	Captain Worriss
Brendan Coyle	...	Davey Gulliver
Heather Craney	...	Brenda Tate
Shaun Dingwall	...	Major Godber
Shaun Dooley	...	Corporal Gant
Leo Gregory	...	Lance Corporal Quealey
Alistair Petrie	...	Major Rod Gilchrist
Pip Torrens	...	Colonel Hampton
Roger Barclay	...	Adjutant
Matthew Gravelle	...	Chaplain
Kevin Knapman	...	Pvt Soldier 1
Simon Naylor	...	Pvt Soldier 2

MPAA:

Rated R for violent and disturbing content including torture, pervasive language and some nudity.

Runtime:

87 min | Netherlands:90 min (International Film Festival Rotterdam)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Finland:K-15 | Australia:MA (2007) | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Bolton School, Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK

Company:

Red Production Company

Goofs:

Continuity: When Gulliver and Tate are outside, before they go to beat the prisoners, the scene changes from morning to the middle of the night, after watching the other soldiers walk towards the cells and cut back to them talking.

Steaming pile of crap for liberal consumption - Don't waste your time

As a 2 tour Iraq vet, I was taken to this movie as a birthday outing and didn't realize the "plot" was supposed to be an Iraqi war commentary.

It's difficult to know where to start unwinding this tangled yarn of agenda, malfeasance, and outright lies, but the theater didn't keep our money that evening. We WALKED OUT after about 1/2 hour of watching this drivel, and demanded our money back. (Which they most-assuredly were willing to return to us) If you think lying to the American people is bad, this movie was obviously made for FOREIGN CONSUMPTION, so that the miserable wretches who conspired to make and distribute this pile of of crap, could make money SELLING OUT America AND KILLING American BOYS.

And if you don't think this kind of garbage winds up killing Americans, you really ought to read some history and (gasp) maybe even serve your country in patriotism.