Thursday, July 17, 2008

Stop-Loss



Jacket: "Ryan Phillippe leads an all-star cast in Stop-Loss, the inspirational film about family, friends, loyalty and camaraderie. After completing his tour of duty, Brandon King (Phillippe) faces an unexpected new challenge that will put him at odds with former soldiers and test the bonds with old friends."

Wikipedia: "SSG Brandon King (Ryan Phillippe) is a decorated Iraq War veteran who once served his country with pride. After his tour of duty comes to an end, King returns to his Texas hometown and attempts to pick up where he once left off with a little help from his family, as well as long-time best friend and war buddy Steve Shriver (Channing Tatum). But just as Brandon, Steve, and the rest of their war buddies begin to settle back into civilian life, King is suddenly ordered back into active duty to return to Iraq, based on the military's controversial stop-loss policy. He refuses and goes AWOL."

This is rental-worthy. Since the beginning of the Iraq War, 650,000 soldiers have been deployed. Of those, 81,000 soldiers have been stop-lossed.

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