Iraqi conflict inspires another average war film

The current Iraqi conflict is the theme for American Soldiers: A Day in Iraq (Momentum, 24.99), a drama centred on one day when an American patrol is attacked by a band of guerrillas.

Directed by Sidney J Furie, this is no Black Hawk Down, although it does have quite a bit of action, and therefore holds your interest reasonably well.

For anyone looking for some insight into the Iraqi war, however, look elsewhere as, despite the efforts of Curtis Morgan, Zan Calabretta and Jordan Brown, this is just average.

Sadly, the opportunity to flesh the title out with extras has also been missed.

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