A tense, shocking US documentary that plays out like an episode of The Wire, though in this case it's not a war on drugs that's being fought (and lost), but the war on terror.

Government sanctioned atrocities and journalist Jeremy Scahill fight for top billing in this investigative doc.

We should be shocked. But the camera is too busy making a hero of reporter-presenter Jeremy Scahill.

Dirty Wars points to a series of terrible crimes, but rejects drawing any serious conclusions from them, leaving its audience suspended in mid-air.