Camp X-Ray (2014)
- 6.9
- 1h 57min
- Drama, War
- 2014-10-17 (USA)
Storyline
A young soldier escapes her suffocating small town by joining the military, only to find that she isn't going for a tour of duty in Iraq as she hoped. Instead, she's sent to Guantanamo. Met with hatred and abuse from the men in her charge, she forges an odd friendship with a young man who has been imprisoned at Gitmo for eight years.
Plot Keywords
female soldier, military police, american abroad, thick accent, reference to harry potter, unlikely friendship, female protagonist, dignity, hope, strong female character, strong female lead, cuba
Short Review
Camp X-Ray raises quite a few fascinating questions about power, sexism, and war, yet fails to explore them in any real depth. More troubling still, it's a character study that does little in the way of character development.
