Shadow Company

Director: Nick Bicanic, Jason Bourque

Cast: Cobus Claassens, Madelaine Drohan, Eike-Henner W. Kluge, Robert Young Pelton, Peter Warren Singer

(Purpose Films, 2006) Rated: N/A

US theatrical release date: 6 July 2007 (Limited release)

[19 July 2007]

by Cynthia Fuchs

PopMatters Film and TV Editor

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Bad Dudes

The examination of private military companies (today's preferred term within the industry) undertaken by Nick Bicanic and Jason Bourque's film is at once informative and provocative.

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