To portray the struggles of the U.S. army during the Iraq war, the usage of non-invisible editing was essential to provide an insightful thought to the viewers. This was imperative as the film was based on a real-life incident and the use of “visible editing” would have been incapable of providing a sense of pragmatism to the viewers as it is considered to be more mainstream and commercial in cinema. The very first scene has a bomb disarming scene which demonstrates the acuteness of the war. There is almost no transition from the opening sequence to the scene where we are introduced to the main character of William. The juxtaposition of the death of one of the soldiers in the opening sequence and the introduction of William gives the audiences
