Une traque américaine: Oussama Ben Laden

Disappointed that the "reviews" are just people's political views depending on their personal beliefs rather than a review of the actual source material.

*Was this well made? Yes.

*Is it 100% factually accurate? No.

*Is there a little extra propaganda from a certain angle? Yes.

*Is it complete garbage just because it doesn't fit a viewer's personal beliefs? No.

*Is anything surrounding politics and war ever simply black and white? H*LL NO!

Watch it if you're interested but also do your own research instead of just believing what you are spoon fed regardless of where you happen to call home.

American Manhunt is a gripping and sobering documentary that captures the decade-long pursuit of Osama bin Laden with precision and emotional weight. Blending military intelligence, personal testimonies, and historical insight, it reveals not just how the hunt unfolded, but what it cost.

What makes the series stand out is its refusal to glorify the mission. Instead, it explores the moral complexity, internal conflicts, and psychological toll behind the scenes. Candid interviews with CIA analysts, SEAL Team 6 members, and top officials give rare insight into the shadowy world of counterterrorism.

Visually sharp and tightly edited, the film moves from the chaos of 9/11 to the quiet intensity of the 2011 raid. More than a chronicle of justice served, it asks hard questions about what was gained-and what was lost. A powerful reflection on war, memory, and the burden of justice, American Manhunt is essential viewing.

This documentary is based on the manhunt for Osama bin Laden that the USA launched in the early 2000s. It tells the story of a decade on how the USA and all its allied forces helped locate bin Laden. It also talks about the failures and how we failed multiple times before being successful for the first and last time. This documentary has a wide range of cast, ranging from the CIA director to the President's briefer. This original cast (played by the person themselves) leads to an interesting viewpoint on how the issue of neutralizing bin Laden was a hot topic across multiple presidencies and how different organizations played a role in it.

However, I have two gripes with this documentary series. In comparison to this, the movie Zero Dark Thirty shows a more detailed approach to how bin Laden was located and neutralized. This documentary only shows the build-up to the action, but not enough information on the action itself. Additionally, this is a documentary; it would have been great if either President Bush or President Obama could have appeared and shared their views.

This is an excellent documentary. 3 episodes that pull you in immediately. Never boring. Never repetitive. Astonishing revelations and seamless editing.

The interviews are incredible. Listening to the CIA operatives and other people in the Bush and Obama administrations who gave years and years of their lives to bring justice to the victims and their families is almost a religious experience.

This is storytelling at its finest.

Of course the one interview that will stand out is that with the SEAL Team 6 member. The last 30 minutes of the 3rd episode are absolutely gripping. I was left in awe that the impossible was accomplished. I am left with images I will never forget.

But perhaps even more riveting are the CIA operatives and analysts. We get an in depth look into their jobs and their lives, their fears and hopes. You get the sense that they were never the same after what they went through.

I think I had forgotten this manhunt. And clearly what I remembered of it was minimal. I still remember the day the towers fell but I had forgotten the level of national anguish we experienced. The first episode, as it sets the stage for the documentary, reminds us of this.

The very end of the last episode is cautionary. Did the U. S. win the battle, but Osama win the war? That's the question we are left with.

Recommended. Ten stars.

It's funny to see people calling out the 'Bias' in the making of this docu-series. First of all, I really want to clarify that 9/11 happened in their soil. Although there were (and are) subsequent attacks later, this is their version of the truth. Their sentiments, their emotions, and their story of victory.

History is written by the victors. Let's keep that in mind. This series did justice to the events completely and anyone with a far cry of their own version of the truth that they got bits and pieces of, sitting wherever they are, snuggled up, watching/reading everything on 9/11 from various sources, are still far-removed from the ones who witnessed and were in front of the line fighting / making decisions whether on ground or from behind a desk.

I thoroughly enjoyed this POV from National Security, CIA and govt. Officials as these are the ones who don't usually comment but are always commented on! I think Netflix did a really good job capturing their emotions and statements well (Except that sorority lady who annoyed tf out of me with her self-praise).

That being said, a tragedy can have infinite POVs and someone who is truly unbiased would love exploring it all, from different angles, and Netflix brought us one such valuable angle. The ones that have rated this less are the biased ones and that's the irony.