"Soliders Pay" is an American military-themed documentary from over 10 years ago. I guess the only reason for which it is somewhat known is director David O. Russell. But just like most of his feature films, it is a disappointing effort overall. First of all, it is not fact-based or neutral. Yes they can include as many interviews with Republicans as they like, it still stays cheap liberal propaganda speculating about what then-President Bush would do in the future instead of giving an unbiased take of what he had done. There obviously was enough as he had been 2-3 years in office already when this was made. Good to see the people did not fall for this one and re-elected him. Apart from the bias, this is also not a good documentary in terms of narrative aspects. It is never moving or really interesting and the interviewees often seem like they do not even want to talk about the subject. As a whole, a disappointing 35 minutes. Then again, with Russell behind the camera, I cannot say this comes as a great surprise.
Review of Soldiers Pay
