Shooting War is the story of an indie medi... (more)

Shooting War is the story of an indie media heartthrob named Jimmy Burns. The Brooklyn-based videoblogger gets his big break as he happens to be uploading a live rant in front a Starbucks when a suicide bomber blows the coffee joint to kingdom come. Jimmy becomes and overnight mainstream media star, and is snatched up by a new controversial, no-holds-barred network (Global News: "Your home for 24-hour terror coverage"). The network makes him and offer he can't refuse - a shot reporting from civil war-torn Iraq, where the situation is so dangerous most of their competitors have pulled their star reporters. Jimmy's greatest dream (to be a war correspondent) becomes his biggest nightmare as he nearly loses his mind in the paranoia, chaos and destruction of the spiraling civil war.

Jimmy himself is in some ways not unlike Sassaman – a classic cocky American who's always had it easy – girls, friends, constant praise. But in Iraq, like Sassaman, he's faced with challenges he could never imagine, and Jimmy's confidence begins to erode as he realizes he may not be equipped to handle being a correspondent in the most deadly war ever for journalists. (less)