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16/03 (2017)

½ — 16/03 (2017)

A low-budget British-Iraqi co-production from 2017, 16/03 was made through the small independent outfits Film Coolio and Baiboon Film Entertainment, with Danny Darren taking on writing, directing (alongside Paul J. Lane), and the lead role simultaneously. The film draws on the very real history of chemical attacks against Kurdish communities in northern Iraq, most notably the Halabja massacre of 1988, framing that traumatic legacy against a contemporary UK-set terrorism thriller. Shot across two countries on what appears to have been a minimal budget, it sits within a wave of micro-budget political thrillers produced in Britain during the mid-2010s, when filmmakers with personal connections to conflict regions found modest distribution routes through streaming platforms rather than traditional theatrical release.

FIRST REVIEW ON LETTERBOXD No wonder nobody else bothered to review it. Available on plex at tikr of writing. This was just pure low budget, low quality. Written, directed and starring the main character. It's the Iraqi answer to Tommy Wiseau's, the room. From the intro alone with absolutely awful acting, bad effects, unbelievable setting, hammy writing.

Rating: ½ | Year: 2017 | Watched: 2025-06-30

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