A Marine, a donkey, and the most messed-up coming-of-age story you'll ever see.
Private Barnes is a young Marine on his first tour in Iraq. His mission: Find the enemy that is implanting Improvised Explosive Devices on donkeys. All he wants: a confirmed kill.
Direction
Berg weaponizes brevity—every second punches.
Acting
Bacon's desperate hunger for violence is terrifying.
Director
Christine T. Berg
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during peak Iraq War fatigue, this short weaponized absurdism when most war films were still playing heroics straight.
The title's military slang for getting kills reveals the film's DNA: slang as symptom, dehumanization as punchline.
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