
Talibanterritory,Afghanistan.TwoAmericansoldierscrashtheirhelicopterandgetlostinthemiddleofthedesert.ThemeetingofaCaucasianofficerwhoinjuredhislegandanAfricanAmericansoldierwhohasnoinjuriesatall,startsoffroughfromthebeginning.TheAfricanAmericansoldiertriestorunawayalone,buttheCaucasianofficerthreatenshimwithagun,andtheyareforcedtofindawaytosurvivetogether.TheydiscoveranopiumfieldbychanceandmeetanAfghanistanfamilywhocultivatestheopiumfieldforaliving.Thestrangeco-habitationofthesoldiersandthefamilywhohavetobehostiletoeachotheryetwhocannottotallyhateeachotherbegins.<br/> DirectorSiddiqBarmakexplains[OpiumWar]isastoryabout‘peoplefromdifferentcultureslivingandquarrelingtogether,notknowingtheyarepoliticalscapegoats.’Thoughthefilmdealswiththetopicsofpoliticsandwar,violenthumannature,andinevitablehostility,itstilldoesnotlosethelaughterandhumorbetweenhumans.Mostofall,amateuractors’vividperformancesarethebestpartsofthefilm.(JaySON)

