The Village Voice, January 31st, 2007
Appointment in Samarra
The Situation
Directed by Philip Haas
Shadow Distribution, opens February 2
Lincoln Plaza, Angelika
Dealing head-on with Bush's War, political thriller dissects Iraqi unrest and nails the neocons
The Situation, Philip Haas's deftly paced, well-written, and brilliantly infuriating Iraq War thriller is not only the strongest of recent geopolitical hotspot flicks but one that has been designed for maximal agitation. Based on a script by the Anglo-American journalist Wendell Steavenson, this gutsy attempt to dramatize the way Iraqis live now is an incitement to rage an...
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