
As part of the first wave in the War on Terror, First Lieutenant Mike Scotti (awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal with Combat "V") served on the front lines during the 21 day advance to Baghdad. His experiences in Afghanistan as well as Iraq put him face to face with the sobering realities of war on a daily basis. Severe Clear offers an unflinching look at life on the battlefield through the eyes of someone who was there.... (Full plot summary below)
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As part of the first wave in the War on Terror, First Lieutenant Mike Scotti (awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal with Combat "V") served on the front lines during the 21 day advance to Baghdad. His experiences in Afghanistan as well as Iraq put him face to face with the sobering realities of war on a daily basis. Severe Clear offers an unflinching look at life on the battlefield through the eyes of someone who was there.
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| NYC Movie GuruAvi OfferFinds just the right balance between entertaining the audience and provoking them emotionally as well as intellectually. A very appropriate companion piece to The Hurt Locker. |
| The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckIt offers a much needed personal perspective on a subject that is too often reduced to political arguments. |
| Boxoffice MagazineSara SchieronSevere Clear provides a view of the early days of the war and reminds you of all the promotion and idealism that conflict came with. |
| VarietyRonnie ScheibScotti's amateur camerawork proves strangely compelling. |
| The New York TimesStephen HoldenAt its most provocative, Severe Clear pungently evokes a heroic Marine Corps mystique. |
| Boxoffice MagazineSara Maria VizcarrondoA handful of real Iraqis were shown, bodies destroyed by explosion and gunfire--and, in the end, what I'm calling this movie is entertaining. That's no tidy proposition. |
| New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanHis first-person perspective is unexpectedly frank as he shares some extremely dark moments -- spurred by increasing anger and doubt -- that civilians rarely get to see. |
| Village VoiceAaron HillisA potent reminder of how thankless a soldier's job is. |
| Time OutNicolas RapoldLike the big-budget thriller “Green Zone,” which is also opening this week, Kristian Fraga’s documentary catapults us back to the chaos of Iraq circa 2003. But instead of action figure Matt Damon, we get garish, staccato images and hard-bitten voiceover from First Lieutenant Mike Scotti. |
| New York PostKyle SmithMuch of this footage might have been illuminating, even fascinating, in 2003. But seven years on, it's ancient history lacking insight, hindsight or a fresh take. |