Before American soldiers are deployed to Iraq, they're given special training at the National Training Center on the Ft. Irwin Military Reservation, located in California's Mojave Desert. The National... read more 
DVD Release Date: September 22, 2009
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November 30, 2009A rather wild look at the training camp set up in the Mojave desert to mimic the conditions of Iraq for the purposes of training soldiers for deployment. The film follows both the military men as well as the character actors within the 'village' who are given scripted prompts an... read more
Critic Reviews
October 18, 2008
Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter
July 10, 2008
J. Hoberman, Village Voice
One of the many surreal aspects of this fabulously disorienting movie: its representation of an Iraqi heaven that's an American hell. Full Review
July 9, 2008
V.A. Musetto, New York Post
Just when I thought I had heard everything about the war in Iraq, along comes Full Battle Rattle. Full Review
July 9, 2008
A.O. Scott, New York Times
This documentary gives a remarkably thorough and detailed account of the difficult conditions facing American soldiers in Iraq.
July 7, 2008
David Edelstein, New York Magazine
The film is freaky, amusing, and sickening in equal measures -- part fly-on-the-wall vérité, part multiple-perspective Altmanesque tragicomedy. Full Review
June 27, 2009
Jennifer Merin, About.com
Somewhere in the Mohave Desert, the U.S. military maintains a large rural compound that contains several fake Iraqi towns. It's Disneyland for war games Full Review
October 18, 2008
Jonathan Romney, Screen International
An entertaining, often very funny, but ultimately revealing and unsettling film about a US Army camp in the Mojave Desert where Iraq War conditions are simulated for training purposes. Full Review
August 14, 2008
Matthew Sorrento, Film Threat
Keeping the style objective and routine, [co-directors Tony] Gerber and [Jesse] Moss remain non-judgmental of the bizarre carnival they have uncovered. Full Review
August 8, 2008
Bill White, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
It is an enlightening lesson in modern warfare. Full Review
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