Is Dirty Wars easy watching?

Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Somewhat. More frightening than 72% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Somewhat. More sad than 70% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does Dirty Wars end with hope?

Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Dirty Wars violent?

Somewhat. More violent than 59% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Dirty Wars

Name: Dirty Wars
Genre: Documentary, Drama, Crime
Released: 2013
Duration: 87 min
Rating: 7
Cast: Jeremy Scahill, Nasser Al Aulaqi, Saleha Al Aulaqi, Muqbal Al Kazemi, Abdul Rahman Barman

A secret army. A war without end. A journalist determined to uncover the truth.

Directed by Rick Rowley

Produced by Civic Bakery, Big Noise Films

201387 min7.0 / 10

A tense investigative documentary that exposes the moral and legal ambiguities of America's covert military operations through one journalist's determined pursuit of hidden truths.

Investigative journalist, Jeremy Scahill is pulled into an unexpected journey as he chases down the hidden truth behind America's expanding covert wars, and examines how the US government has responded to international terrorist threats in ways that seem to go against the established laws of the land.

Clusters

Suspicion, Guilt, and Fractured Trust Revenge Gone Wrong Corruption and Distrust Corrupt Institutions Exposed Journalism and Reporters

Genres

Documentary Drama Crime

Keywords

Journalist Covert Operation Terrorism

Questions people ask

Is Dirty Wars easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.
Is Dirty Wars scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 72% of films.
Is Dirty Wars sad? Somewhat. More sad than 70% of films.
Does Dirty Wars end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.
Is Dirty Wars violent? Somewhat. More violent than 59% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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