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Boys of Abu Ghraib

R

Released Mar 28, 2014

1 hr. 42 min.

Drama

Mystery & Thriller

War

List

30%

10 Reviews

Tomatometer

61%

250+ Ratings

Audience Score

A rookie guard (Luke Moran) at the Abu Ghraib prison secretly befriends an Iraqi detainee who is suspected of constructing a bomb that killed innocent civilians.

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Worst movie I have ever seen. No storyline and doesn't depict anything, just a fracture of the gruesome acts in abugharib and doesn't even condemn such acts.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Such a good movie till they complete changed the whole build up of the movie. It was so good but they really messed it up towards the end.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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Audience Member

Started a bit slow, but it got very intense shortly thereafter. I can't put all my feelings about the movie into one paragraph...just to say that it's well worth watching.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/23/23

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Audience Member

Amazing movie! I watched it 2 times because it was just THAT interesting

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/30/23

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Audience Member

This was an awesome movie! Would recommend to everyone!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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Audience Member

Hmmmm Not as good as camp x ray with Kristen Stewart

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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Mark Jenkins

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Boys of Abu Ghraib is a credible depiction of the tedium, frustration and humiliation of wartime service.

Mar 30, 2014

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Dennis Harvey

Variety

Writer-director-star Luke Moran's drama about Abu Ghraib is an ambitious if not particularly revealing debut.

Mar 28, 2014

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Brian Tallerico

RogerEbert.com

"Boys of Abu Ghraib" has a few, brief insights into how boredom, anger, and frustration helped fuel the rage that led to torture but the film couches it all in the filmmaking of TV-movie melodrama, draining it of all potential power or social context.

Rated: 1.5/4

Mar 28, 2014

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Todd Jorgenson

Cinemalogue

Its tendency to water down the realities of Abu Ghraib trivializes its subject instead of providing depth or context.

Mar 28, 2014

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Maitland McDonagh

Film Journal International

Moran's writing and directing debut is an admirably ambitious examination of the one-baby-step-at-a-time process that leads a fundamentally decent person to shut down his moral compass do things that are, by any objective standard, reprehensible.

Mar 28, 2014

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Brian Orndorf

Blu-ray.com

It's a shame the picture ends on its knees when it had to the potential to create a certain viewpoint that could invite an understanding of the Abu Ghraib prison environment and the stress placed on all involved parties.

Rated: C

Mar 27, 2014

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Synopsis

A rookie guard (Luke Moran) at the Abu Ghraib prison secretly befriends an Iraqi detainee who is suspected of constructing a bomb that killed innocent civilians.

Director: Luke Moran
Screenwriter: Luke Moran
Distributor: Vertical Entertainment
Production Co: Rebel One Pictures
Rating: R (Language Throughout|Disturbing Situations|Some Sexual Content|Torture/Violence)
Genre: Drama, Mystery & Thriller, War
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 28, 2014, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 24, 2014

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