Everyone in the world had heard of Jessica Lynch in 2003 . You remember don't you ? All American girl who joined the army . got sent to Iraq and got captured by the Iraqi at the battle of Nasiriyah and a week later got rescued in a daring mission by US special forces and then the Pentagon went in to overdrive stating she killed lots of Iraqis and was cruelly treated . Truth is the first casualty of war and the unfortunate thing was the legend of Jessica Lynch was a legend created by the Pentagon and media departments of the US military probably by the same people who stated Saddam had weapons of mass destruction and that's why he needed to be overthrown and in a strange way Jessica Lynch became a casualty of war twice over
I first saw a clip of this TVM when the arguments of what really happened at the battle of Nasiriyah was in full flow . The thing that struck me was some very impressive and bloody battle sequences you wouldn't expect from a TVM which instantly reminded me of the ones seen in BLACK HAWK DOWN . In fact it's fair to say that director Peter Markle heavily inspired by Ridley Scott's film and that shouldn't be taken as a criticism . Also be fair to does portray Lynch being unconscious for some of the battle , not like having her gun down countless numbers of Iraqis till she ran out of ammo
That said Hollywood likes to print the legend and in order to make a story more compelling embellishment and artistic licence is needed . After all spending a week in a hospital bed in a semi conscious state , even in Iraq doesn't lend itself to compelling drama . That said this TVM could have been worse . Imagine we had Hollywood running the American military and the Pentagon running film studios . It doesn't bare thinking about
I first saw a clip of this TVM when the arguments of what really happened at the battle of Nasiriyah was in full flow . The thing that struck me was some very impressive and bloody battle sequences you wouldn't expect from a TVM which instantly reminded me of the ones seen in BLACK HAWK DOWN . In fact it's fair to say that director Peter Markle heavily inspired by Ridley Scott's film and that shouldn't be taken as a criticism . Also be fair to does portray Lynch being unconscious for some of the battle , not like having her gun down countless numbers of Iraqis till she ran out of ammo
That said Hollywood likes to print the legend and in order to make a story more compelling embellishment and artistic licence is needed . After all spending a week in a hospital bed in a semi conscious state , even in Iraq doesn't lend itself to compelling drama . That said this TVM could have been worse . Imagine we had Hollywood running the American military and the Pentagon running film studios . It doesn't bare thinking about