Redacted

Redacted

Truth is the first casualty of war

Directed by Brian De Palma

Produced by HDNet Films, The Film Farm

200790 min6.0 / 10

A deliberately fragmented, provocative found-footage examination of the Iraq War's moral and human costs, structured as a pseudo-documentary that interrogates truth, media complicity, and the dehumanizing machinery of conflict.

A fictional documentary discusses the effects the Iraq war has had on soldiers and local people through interviews with members of an American military unit, the media, and local Iraqis.

Questions people ask

  • Is Redacted sad? Yes, very. More sad than 96% of films.

  • Is Redacted violent? Yes, very. More violent than 95% of films.

  • Is Redacted easy watching? No. Less comforting than 92% of films.

  • Does Redacted end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 91% of films.

  • Is Redacted scary? Yes. More frightening than 82% 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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Love22

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