Combat Obscura

2018

Documentary / War

Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 100% · 13 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 71%
IMDb Rating 6.6/10 10 457 457

based on true story afghanistan war (2001-2021) combat photography combat camera

Plot summary

Former combat videographer Miles Lagoze presents personal footage of U.S. Marines in the Afghan war zone.

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Miles Lagoze Photo
Miles Lagoze

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642.26 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 10 min
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1.17 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 10 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by colonel-13070 7 / 10

Okay

It shows true segments of wartime experience and also what young people who we send to war sometime act like. However, the negative is what naysayers key on. Fact is, what sometimes is said and done in that situation doesn't translate well to the civilian world out of context. The language, horseplay, and interaction with civilians and the enemy are all by products of war. It is harsh, ugly and dark. Our Marines are just trying to survive in an impossible situation not of their own making. It is what it is.
Reviewed by robertmaybeth 7 / 10

The first (and only) uncensored view of Afghanistan combat I've seen so far.

...and for that alone it's probably worth a watch. As a former veteran (and the ONLY reason I mention that is to point out I know what it's like to be under Uncle Sam's thumb) it's both novel and slightly shocking to see this raw view of combat Marines in "global war on terror". The sight of seeing young Marines in a combat zone partaking in weed (presumably there was just no access to the more traditional alcohol) is just one of several candid revelations in this otherwise conventional documentary. I'd be very interested to know the reactions of the Marine brass on seeing "Obscura"... but fortunately, all the UCMJ evil-doer Marines are all safely discharged into civilian life and beyond the reach of the military legal system.For showing Marines in a true, unvarnished and uncensored way, along with showing some of the unpleasant truths that the American press has been ordered to conceal from the American public, "Combat Obscura" manages to set itself apart from all of the many Nat Geo style, DOD-approved-and-censored documentaries made about the "Forever Wars", so far.
Reviewed by God_is_with_us 7 / 10

this film is very insightful of the realities of war

I know for certain that this is not the realities of war, but a cinematic Hollywood adaptation to the world, but nonetheless the film provides an insight. I'm very grateful for the reality in which the film provides As for my comments on how the USA military is... I'll keep that to myself.
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