由博伊德·霍尔布鲁克、希亚姆·阿巴斯和肯尼思·布拉纳主演的这部电影基于真实事件改编，讲述了美国海军陆战队士兵误将平民家庭成员当作战斗人员而杀害他们的故事。影片以细腻而克制的叙事方式，深刻探讨了战争带来的双重伤害。
Boyd Holbrook, Hiam Abbass and Kenneth Branagh star in a moving, understated film based on the true story of U.S. Marines who killed members of a civilian family after mistaking them for combatants. A scene from ‘Atonement.’Kino Lorber When someone gets shot in wartime, observes the girlfriend of a veteran in “Atonement,” the bullet goes both ways.
在战争中，当有人中弹时，伤害往往是双向的——不仅对受害者，也伤害到施害者。
The film, which deals with Iraq War tragedy and guilt, is a sensitive examination of the damage done in those two directions.
虽然患有创伤后应激障碍的退伍军人这一角色在电影中并不罕见，但这部由编剧兼导演里德·范·戴克执导的首部长片却出类拔萃，成功避免了早期相关电影（如2007年的《在伊拉谷》、2008年的《止损》和2010年的《绿区》等）中常见的夸张煽动手法，成为迄今为止最优秀的伊拉克战争题材电影之一。
At the movies, the PTSD-suffering veteran is a familiar figure, bordering on cliché. But this admirably restrained and unassuming drama, a first-time feature from writer-director Reed Van Dyk is one of the best Iraq War movies yet made, refreshingly free of the kind of shrill demagoguery that defined the first wave of films dealing with the conflict (2007’s “In the Valley of Elah,” 2008’s “Stop-Loss” and 2010’s “Green Zone” are among many egregious examples).