
The Hurt Locker(2008)
During the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.


“The scars of war run deep.”
After a bomb kills their company commander in Iraq, British soldiers Treacle and Shane are ordered to round up suspects and use torture on the detainees. Back home, the press gets the story and the pair achieves instant infamy.
Gerard Kearns
Mark 'Treacle' Tate

Matthew McNulty
Shane Gulliver

Elliot Cowan
Capitaine Worriss

Brendan Coyle
Davey Gulliver

Heather Craney
Brenda Tate

Shaun Dingwall
Major Godber

Dhafer L'Abidine
Abdullah Omar

Naomi Bentley
Shelley
William Atkinson
Padre Walker

Leo Gregory
Lance Corporal Quealey
The Mark of Cain is a drama, war film released in 2007 exploring themes of british army, iraq, soldier, roadside bomb, court martial. Directed by Marc Munden, it stars Gerard Kearns, Matthew McNulty, Elliot Cowan. After a bomb kills their company commander in Iraq, British soldiers Treacle and Shane are ordered to round up suspects and use torture on the detainees. Back home, the press gets the story and the pair achieves instant infamy.
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