I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

Just intense enough to provide a much-needed diversion, just lightweight enough to make you forget about it soon after it’s over. It’s not exactly “good,” per se, but it does what it sets out to do in terms of putting us on edge, which makes it … successful?

It's July 2002. After serving in Afganistan, First Lieutenant Mike Scotti volunteers to extend his term in the Marines to fight in Operation Iraqi Freedom. He is part of the Marine drive from Kuwait to Baghdad. He brings along a mini-camera to film starting from his shipping over to his return back to the States. It's a world of long waits and harrowing near-death action. It is raw. The guys have no filter. Mike's reasons for volunteering are duty, loyalty and even revenge for the sister of an acquaintance lost during 9/11. This is bottom up, not top down. These men are simply following orders. They are not political and accept their president's orders without question. The chaos and confusion is palpable as the initial welcome from Baghdad residents quickly fades. It's a compelling watch even in the future for its historical value.

I loved this movie! I am writing on my husbands site but saw this movie and as the mother of an 82 Airborne young man who was over there and was wounded in a battle at AS Samawa on 3-31-2003, I can relate better to just what my son went through. He too brought back a video with the battle and his whole year there from the beginning and I didn't quite understand the bad words used by him and his unit or the way they talked about Iraq in such a negative manner. My neighbors son was also there in the 101st with the Army and he was the same way. I guess the young men and women who went through this war or any war live and talk different while they are in the heat of the moment and regular people back here just do not understand that, given what they see from the media. My son is OK now and I hope that all the people we have over in the middle east and Afghanistan can get home safe and sound asap God love every one of them

As stated in Severe Clear or This Is War, a grunt does not need to know why they fight but will go anywhere their President sends them.... .....but did not that very same grunt have to ask why they would "volunteer" to join the military? Could it be that the grunt was "forced" into the military because they could not afford an education, health care or find a decent paying job?The truth of the invasion of Iraq is that it was sold to the public on a big lie yet Severe Clear refuses to honour the truth and instead tries to support the lie. Here the Iraqi people welcome the invaders. Here there are weapons of mass destruction. Here there are the biological weapons.Considering the extraordinary opportunity to capture unique footage from a grunts perspective Severe Clear shows us nothing we have not already seen and tries to frame it into a predetermined narrative. We learn nothing of how it really feels to be a soldier in the field. We don't get to know any of the characters that make up the Marine detachment. We don't see the real impact of bombs on the Iraq people or the desecration of Iraqi historical sites. We don't see the indiscriminate brutality the Iraqis face at the hands of the dehumanised troops. We don't see the copious drug taking by US soldiers or the rampant privatisation and commercialisation of war. We don't learn that over one million Iraq people have been killed since the invasion.For a better perspective of the Iraq invasion in general, the documentaries Why We Fight (2005) and the superb No End in Sight (2007) are recommended. For a grunts perspective of the invasion, then the drama Generation Kill (2008) is recommended as it has more to say about the Iraq war and the soldiers experience than anything so far filmed on the subject.

This is by far the best Iraq war film of the decade and definitely in the documentary category! However, do not consider this film your typical talking heads documentary. This is definitely a war film that really shows what it's like to be a soldier. You really get to understand what the mentality is as well as understand the brotherhood. I think all veterans, their families as well as current soldiers should see this but as well as the general public and politicians so that they can get a better appreciation of what war is and what soldiers go through as well as veterans coming home! If you like the brutal and tense battle scenes of Black Hawk down as well as the shear experience of blair witch or paranormal activity- meaning being absorbed in the film as well as shocked and scared et all, then go see this film. The score from Cliff Martinez will definitely keep you engaged as it is brilliant and the editing from the director Kristian Fraga is mesmerizing!