Stop-Loss
by Kimberly Peirce
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Actor: Abbie Cornish, Channing Tatum, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ryan PhillippeDirector: Kimberly Peirce
Brand: PARAMOUNT PICTURES
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 5.1; Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 111 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-07-08
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Paramount / MTV
Movie Reviews of Stop-Loss
Movie Review: Flag of Our Fathers for the Iraq generation
Summary: 4 Stars
Though it feels, at times, like an MTV video, this seems like a sincere attempt to show what some of today's soldiers go through when they are forced to return to Iraq after one, or sometimes, two tours, against their wills. Graphic violence in the beginning, and it pervades the middle sections when it seems like violence will erupt any minute as the boys take a little time off in Brazos, Tx. Good looking cast. Nothing wrong with this one as entertainment.
Summary of Stop-Loss
Decorated Iraq war hero Sgt. Brandon King (Ryan Phillippe) makes a celebrated return to his small Texas hometown following his tour of duty. He tries to resume the life he left behind with the help and support of his family and his best friend Steve Shriver (Channing Tatum) who served with him in Iraq. Along with their other war buddies Brandon and Steve try to make peace with civilian life. Then against Brandon s will the Army orders him back to duty in Iraq which upends his world. The conflict tests everything he believes in: the bond of family the loyalty of friendship the limits of love and the value of honor.System Requirements:Running Time: 111 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre:?DRAMA/MILITARY & WAR Rating:?R UPC:?097363476542 Manufacturer No:?347654Kimberly Peirce's long-hatching follow-up to Boys Don't Cry is another issue-driven look at its era: Stop-Loss hinges on U.S. military policy allowing Iraq War soldiers to be returned to combat even after their official hitches are up. In this case, a band of brothers return to home turf in Brazos, Texas, only to discover that team leader Brandon King (Ryan Phillippe) has gotten a Stop-Loss order to head back to the Middle East. After some flavorful sketches of small-town Texas life and the awkwardness of re-adjustment, the movie somewhat clumsily hits the road, where there's more wheel-spinning than deep insight. Peirce and co. seem to want to hit all the Iraq War bases, which may be one reason the film lacks a strong focus. Supporting soldiers Channing Tatum and Joseph Gordon-Levitt are rather more interesting than Phillippe's brooding hero, and Abbie Cornish is stuck in a thankless town-between-two-lovers storyline. It's sincere as all get-out, but Stop-Loss feels like a project that began with an issue and a cause, rather than compelling characters. --Robert Horton
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