“instantly reminds us of Kubrick’s FULL METAL JACKET…as striking as any war narrative you can imagine”
“This is the real deal. It puts you right on the front lines.”
“Extraordinary. Like THE HURT LOCKER meets PARANORMAL ACTIVITY. Only it’s real.” EXAMINER
“Most fictional films simply can’t capture the immediacy of the experience the way a raw chronicle like this one does.”
“At its most provocative, SEVERE CLEAR pungently evokes a heroic Marine Corps mystique.”
“Visceral true-life portrait of the brutality and chaos of war. It offers a much needed personal perspective on a subject that is too often reduced to political arguments.”
“This visceral, gripping documentary uses footage shot in Iraq to give us a clear-eyed, brutal, but decidedly unpoliticized look at the reality of war.”
