[1] Specifically, the film claims four major contractors – Blackwater, K.B.R.-Halliburton, CACI and Titan [citation needed] – were over-billing the U.S. government and doing substandard work while endangering the lives of American soldiers, Iraqi civilians, and their own employees.

[3] The film starts with the events of March 2004 in Fallujah, where four Blackwater contractors were ambushed, set afire, their burned corpses dragged through the streets and then finally displayed hanging from a bridge.

[4] In interviews, two of the contractors’ families contend that Blackwater, in search of higher profit, neglected to provide proper support and protection to their employees,[4] including maps, decent translators, an armored vehicle, and sufficient security personnel (their convoy was short a machine gunner).

[8] The New York Times called it “a horrifying catalog of greed, corruption and incompetence among private contractors in Iraq,”[9] adding the film is “extremely effective.”[9] Salon says it was “dogged and impressive investigative reporting,”[2] and the Village Voice called it “a much needed reminder of the criminal negligence of those who lead the troops into this mess and those who have gotten rich off of it.”[10] Greenwald attempted to interview representatives of the companies in question for the film, to no avail.

"[11] Eric Prince, founder of Blackwater, dismissed the film as “election year left-wing politics.”[12] On their website’s FAQ, CACI says it would be a “maliciously false accusation” to call them war profiteers.