It is fairly extraordinary that this film exists. The level of access attained by Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger over their 15-month period embedded with the Second Platoon, Battle Company, 173rd Airborne Brigade allows for an incredibly unvarnished account — including footage of deaths both civilian and military. Its perhaps the most intimate and unflinching examination yet of the processes of modern warfare — and an exhilarating, heartrending, profoundly moving film in its own right.