During Operation Iraqi Freedom, a US Army Squad is sent to a small Iraqi town to locate a missing news crew, only to find the residents of the town dead and a living weapon of mass destruction, a Manticore, awakened from its long slumber by a terrorist leader wanting to rid his land of the American invaders at any price.
Practical Effects
The manticore puppet deserves an Emmy for effort
Acting
Jeff Fahey somehow keeps a straight face
Writing
Who approved 'terrorist summons Babylonian beast'?
Director
Tripp Reed
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Heather Donahue starred in The Blair Witch Project five years earlier—this was her 'I'm done with found footage' era.
Released in 2005 at peak Iraq War media saturation, this somehow got greenlit as serious commentary. Peak 2000s cable movie industrial complex.
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