Review of Home of the Brave (2004) by Matt P — 08 Jan 2008

This film is about the American soldiers over in Iraq, how the war scarred them both physically, mentally, and emotionaly, and how they deal with it when they come back home. Great performances by Samuel L.

Jackson, Jessica Biel, and Curtis Jackson a.k.a. 50 Cent. I think Brian Presley had the best acting in the whole film, and it is really his first mainstream movie. Chad Michael Murray and Christina Ricci have very small roles, allthough Murray's character is very important in the film.

Great directing by Irwin Winkler. Very sad movie, but it is tied up nicely at the end, by the three remaining main characters telling their different stories about what happened to them in Iraq.