i downloaded it yesterday and watched it last night, its about a bomb disposal sqaud in Iraq. Its not a bad film but been American and been twats they have a bit of a scene where they make themselves look better than us. Anybody else seen it

saw it at the flix a few weeks back and really enjoyed it, the actual bomb disposal scenes were gripping. I know that you mean about the american/british thing though but wouldn't say it ruined the film for me. Strange how the 2 biggest stars of the film (Guy Pearce and Ralph Fiennes) were only in it briefly as both played really good, if only brief parts.

I noticed that were they are sat waiting in the desert. twats

i think he has relatives from the town has'nt he?

I thought he was born in seaton or he lived there at some point

from wikipedia 'Pearce was born in Ely, Cambridgeshire, the son of Anne Cocking (née Pickering), a County Durham-born schoolteacher specialising in needlework and home economics, and Stuart Pearce, a New Zealand-born air force test pilot who died when Pearce was nine.[2][3][4] When he was three years old, Pearce moved to Geelong, Australia, where his mother ran a deer farm'.

Anyone remember a needlework/home ecs teacher called Mrs Cocking (nee Pickering) from the late 60's / early 70's.

I'll speak to my folks tonight

he does have relations here he stayed in Hartlepool many years ago when he was in neighbours it was all over the paper at the time

relatives live up the fens

He's Arthur Pickering's nephew. Arthur used to live on Elizabeth Way, don't know if he still does, and Guy's his sister's son.