Shot of reality

War is hell - sickening, relentlessly brutal hell in Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland's bravura snapshot of bloodstained brotherhood during conflict in the US occupation of Iraq. Based on former Navy Seal Mendoza's recollections of a mission during the Battle of Ramadi, and forensic interviews with other soldiers, this real-time drama is a physically and psychologically gruelling assault on the senses.

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In November 2006, Navy Seal team Alpha One, led by Captain Erik (Will Poulter), gains access to an apartment building under the cover of darkness. Residents are held hostage as soldiers assume surveillance positions on the second floor. Insurgents throw a grenade into one room, badly injuring sniper and medic Elliott Miller (Cosmo Jarvis).