2 months ago 06th Aug 16:14
Cast: Ryan Phillippe, Abbie Cornish, Channing Tatum, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ciaran Hinds
Dir: Kimberly Peirce
Rating: 3.5/5
Best know as director of Boys Don't Cry filmmaker Kimberly Peirce tackles another controversial subject surrounding the military and the war in Iraq.
Brandon King (Ryan Phillippe) has just returned to Texas after a harrowing final tour in Iraq. He's accompanied by the remaining men from his unit, all of whom are more than a little shell-shocked.
Welcomed home as a hero, Brandon is awarded a Purple Heart by a visiting state senator. But the homecoming quickly turns sour, as each of the soldiers struggles to assimilate back into society.
Tommy (Joseph Gordon Levitt) can't lay off the booze, and Steve (Channing Tatum) roughs up his fiancée. Brandon is eager to put the war behind him, but that dream quickly fizzles when he learns that he has been "stop-lossed," or ordered back for another, involuntary tour of duty.
Stunned by the news, he goes AWOL and forms a plan to get help from the senator who so recently honoured him. He hits the road for D.C., all the while trying to cope with PTSD and battle flashbacks.
Torn between his fierce patriotism and what he believes to be outright betrayal by the U.S. Army, he doesn't know where to turn or what to do. He is ultimately faced with the harshest of choices: Iraq, or a life in exile.
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