Netflix has just given a worldwide streaming launch to Sand Castle, a new film about the early days of the war in Iraq. U.S. troops are ordered to the outskirts of Baqubah to repair a water pumping station damaged by U.S. bombs. Things, of course, don’t go smoothly.
Screenwriter Chris Roessner, an Army and Iraq war veteran, based the story on his own experiences in a Civil Affairs unit of the 4th Infantry division. The film features a stellar young cast that includes Nicholas Hoult (Mad Max: Fury Road, X-Men series), Logan…
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