80 Minute Documentary  - Simon Mann / Arthur Walker / Al Venter

With the mechanized killing of the second world war over, hired guns would once again make a bloody and brutal resurgence. This is their story, the story of how mercenaries transformed from cut-throat soldiers of fortune to legitimate private military contractors earning billions of dollars in Afghanistan and Iraq.  

We explore the role of these men in the 20th & 21st centuries bloodiest battlefields and uncover how they can tip the balance of power.  Dogs of war, guns for hire or private peacekeepers, mercenaries have always endured a filthy reputation.  We talk to the men on the ground, in the air and at sea for their first hand accounts of the truth behind one of the world's most infamous professions.