Gunner Palace

The camera joins soldiers on patrols and the filmmakers air unvarnished soldier assessments of the war. The intention of the film is admirable. The execution is a different matter. It's an unfocused, cluttered mess. Despite connecting with several specific soldiers, the filmmakers are incapable of shaping their footage to help the men (and single woman) emerge as fully-drawn individuals. They've taken a horrific situation fraught with inherent drama and rendered it forgettable.

"Shapeless but its objective stance is powerful." - Ed Gonzalez

Overall, a really uninteresting documentary.

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Narration and editing need improvement.

Not profound, but not insipid either. In a way a slice-of-life documentary about being a soldier in Iraq. Interesting, but I won't go out of my way to see it again.

Great footage, assembled and narrated by an amateur.