The lives of a group of US troops stationed in Iraq are seen from the point of view of one of their number, who documents their lives on video camera in an attempt to get into film school. But he ends up recording his fellow soldiers raping and murdering a teenage girl. Brian De Palma's drama, presented as a combination of found footage and internet news reports, starring Patrick Carroll and Rob Devaney.

A fictional documentary discusses the effects the Iraq war has had on soldiers and local people through interviews with members of an American military unit, the media, and local Iraqis.