The Veteran
by Sidney J. Furie
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Actor: Ally Sheedy, Bobby Hosea, Colin Glazer, Michael Ironside, Sean BaekDirector: Sidney J. Furie
Brand: Fox
Cinematographer: Curtis Petersen
Producer: Curtis Petersen
Cinematographer: David Mitchell
Editor: Eduardo Martinez
Writer: J. Stephen Maunder
Writer: John Flock
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 90 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-01-09
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
Movie Reviews of The Veteran
Movie Review: highly enjoyable
Summary: 5 Stars
Now my experience with war films tends to be, well, unreliable when it comes to writing reviews on them. I admit. Let me explain why.
I mean, what I tend to GET out of them -more often than not- is NOT what most people get out of them. Perhaps this is due to the fact I've never been in a war before, so I can't relate to the constant hectic and dangerous activity these soldiers experience every day. Or perhaps I just tend to always miss the main point of the storyline, haha.
My point? I usually get a lot of emotion out of war films to the point I feel like crying most of the time. I just don't always *know* if that's an appropriate reaction. I just don't always know what kind of emotions the movie writers are going for when it concerns war films.
The Veteran is one of those kind of films. I personally found many of the scenes quite sad, such as the one scene showing dead Vietnamese soldiers hanging in a huge sack from a helicopter, along with a scene where American soldiers accidentally took out a group of young Vietnamese women.
These scenes aren't necessarily the point of the story this film is trying to tell, however. The storyline is actually about two soldiers who fought side by side during the Vietnam War reflecting on their days in combat. So while the two soldiers are sitting in a hotel room reflecting on the past, there's a ton of flashback scenes.
I like war films like this one quite a lot, and this film executed its story quite well I thought.
However, another part of the storyline is that one of the soldiers in the hotel room does something bad during the Vietnam War, and so these undercover agents are listening in closely to the converations taking place between the two soldiers, and looking for a confession out of the one man.
I won't spoil what exactly the soldier DID that prompted this section of the story to happen- you have to watch it to find out.
Great storyline, and a quality war film. It's worth watching for both movie watchers and those who love war films.
Summary of The Veteran
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