Review of American Son (2008) by Gustavo Junior O — 21 Sep 2010

Great movie, powerful performance this movie does a great job on showing what our american soldiers go through when they are faced with a limited time to spend with loved ones before they have to ship out..the movie is led by mike (nick cannon) and a powerful co-star performance by Christina (melonie Diaz). As they begin a new relationship before mike has to ship out to Iraq, the director does a great job on letting there love bloom through out the movie but still does a great job on catching the hardship mike has to go through on keep his deployment to Iraq a secret from Christine (as she thinks he is only going to a base for a year)..although the story between mike and Christine is enough to make a powerful story line there is also a side story between mike his friends and his family. As he only had a limited time to reconcile past struggles between them and his junkie brother...the director does a great job in tying it all in together for one great movie.

"what would you do if you had just four days to say goodbye to everyone who was important to you?".