Feb 7, 2011

RESTREPO (11-26-11)

Restrepo (2010) - **

This documentary feature by American journalist Sebastian Junger and British photographer Tim Hetherington follows the two on assignment for Vanity Fair in Afghanistan.  The two followed a platoon on a 15 month deployment in the Korengal Valley of Afghanistan, considered to be one of the deadliest places on Earth.  While there is some nice footage of a part of the world we see little of, the film mostly chronicles the grim routine of combat duty.  We've seen this before - in better crafted, more captivating films.

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