Severe Clear is based on the memoir by First Lieutenant Mike Scotti as well as video footage shot by him and other members of 1st Battalion, 4th Marines on the outset of the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Directed by Kristian Fraga (“Anytown, USA”) and featuring a original score by Cliff Martinez (“Traffic”, “Narc”, “Solaris”) the film offers an unflinching look at the uncertainty, disorder and chaos of war from the remarkable perspective of one Marine.

“This visceral, gripping doc uses footage shot in Iraq to give us a clear-eyed, brutal, but decidedly unpoliticized look at the reality of war.” NEW YORK MAGAZINE

“Visceral true-life portrait of the brutality and chaos of war. It offers a much needed personal perspective on a subject that is too often reduced to political arguments.” THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER

“At its most provocative, SEVERE CLEAR pungently evokes a heroic Marine Corps mystique.” THE NEW YORK TIMES

“Most fictional films simply can’t capture the immediacy of the experience the way a raw chronicle like this one does.” THE DAILY NEWS

“Extraordinary. Like THE HURT LOCKER meets PARANORMAL ACTIVITY. Only it’s real.” EXAMINER

“This is the real deal. It puts you right on the front lines.” JEFFREY LYONS, NBC

“instantly reminds us of Kubrick’s FULL METAL JACKET…as striking as any war narrative you can imagine” EFILMCRITIC