The Deminer
The Deminer
| 23 September 2018 (USA)
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In the chaotic aftermath of the fall of Saddam Hussein, Fakhir, a father of eight, is serving in the Iraqi army. All around him, he sees innocent civilians getting injured by landmines, so he determines to disarm them with his own hands, using just a pocketknife and some wire cutters. He clears thousands of roadside bombs, mines and car bombs, knowing that every time he cuts a wire it could cost him his life—which he seems to find less important than the lives of others. In 2014, by this time having lost a leg, he starts working for the Kurdish Peshmerga, disarming boobytraps left behind by Daesh in and around Mosul. An enthusiastic home video maker, Fakhir collects hundreds of hours of footage of his day-to-day work.

Reviews
Neive Bellamy

Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

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Logan Dodd

There is definitely an excellent idea hidden in the background of the film. Unfortunately, it's difficult to find it.

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Sanjeev Waters

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

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Raymond Sierra

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

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