DVD review: Boys of Abu Ghraib

The Boys of Abu Ghraib.

The infamous Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq is not a place any of us would like to see from the inside.

In Saddam Hussein's days it was the place where he had his enemies tortured. In the days of the Iraqi war and United States occupation, it was a place where terrorists were interrogated.

And the US forces charged with guarding Abu Ghraib and its dangerous prisoners lived life on a knife-edge.

American Jack Farmer (Luke Moran) enlisted to make a difference and thought six months away from home would not be too difficult.

Assigned to the motor pool at Abu Ghraib, boredom and the occasional mortar shell were the greatest threats.

When the offer of doing some shifts guarding the prisoners came up, the naive and good-hearted soldier jumped at the opportunity.

Jack saw only the man. He couldn't see the terrorist inside.

When the articulate prisoner Ghazi Hammoud came under Jack's watch, he formed an instant bond with him.

Jack could only see a man wrongly imprisoned and unnecessarily tortured.

But as Jack's term in Iraq was extended, he had much to learn and the realities of war were soon brought home strongly to him. You get a real feel that this is a taste of the reality of life in Iraq.

Watch the trailer for Boys of Abu Ghraib below: