Director(s)
Marc Munden
Starring
Matthew McNulty, Gerard Kearns, Leo Gregory, Shaun Dooley, Elliot Cowan, Brendan Coyle
Language(s)
English
Released
November 25, 2008
Genre
War, Documentary, Drama, Special Interest
Run Time
90 minutes
Rating
R
Description
GULLIVER and TATE - nickname 'Treacle' - are two ordinary 18 year-olds serving in the British Army in Iraq. Their platoon is struggling to maintain the uneasy peace of 2003. When their popular company captain, GODBER, is killed on patrol by a roadside bomb, morale in the platoon hits rock bottom. Acting on orders they round up several suspects from house-to-house searches. That night feelings at the camp are running high and as the chain of
...morecommand is weakened and events spiral out of control. The lads end their tour of duty and return to England full of stories but also shaken by their experiences. Iraq comes back to haunt them when Gulliver's jilted girlfriend, Shelley, decides to get her own back on him by giving photos of the events in Iraq to the British police. The story hits the press, and Gulliver and Treacle, now the most reviled men in Britain, face court martial. The army claims the two are 'rotten apples' acting alone. Guilt-ridden and abandoned, the pressure is too much for a traumatized Treacle. Gulliver, however, is determined to remain loyal to 'his army'. Only when he is truly alone does he have to decide if he must keep his secrets or explosively have his day in court, and tell the truth about the events of that fateful night. ...hide
DELIA SCREEN MOVIES
January 18th 2010
slow, hang in !, gets better.
Vishal Singh Films
February 20th 2010
Fantastic movie VERY VERY rough but very good and shaking. Five stars.