I honestly think that given enough time, Hollywood is going to understand how to create a great film about the Iraq War. In the eighties we observed the sixties and its impact on society and given another five or six years we'll get the right film about the Iraq war that chronicles its impact on civilization. Few movies have done it successfully ("In the Valley of Elah" was excellent, though). That is until now where Kathryn Bigelow has managed to capture the chaotic fervor and flat out insanity of the occupation of a foreign land told through the eyes of three soldiers, one of whom happens to be a bomb specialist who takes risks time and again to ensure the safety of his platoon. After losing their best man in a massive explosion, Bravo company, a team enlisted to ensure the safety of on patrol soldiers and local citizens is assigned a new commander in chief in the form of Sergeant William James, a daring specialist who leads his team through the jungle that is Iraq. Their occupation in Iraq leads them in to an all out urban war where the citizens are left to remain helpless at the mercy of the soldiers.

Due for film classic status, Kathryn Bigelow's study of the Iraq war and the dueling egos of the men fighting it ends up becoming one of the better Iraq war films ever made and quite honestly one of the best war films ever made.