Review of Stop-Loss (2008) by Eric S — 25 May 2010
Talk about a film that's been overlooked!
"Stop-Loss" is an intense look at a group of soldiers who return home from a tour in Iraq. The nightmare doesn't only lay on the battlefields, but on the home turf of the distraught sodiers trying to put the pieces together in their minds, and re-establish their lives which is clearly by no means an easy task after what they've been through and witnessed.
This film rivals "The Hurt Locker", but delves more into the relationships between the soldiers, their girlfriends back in their Texas hometown, and situations between other individuals that presents the question of why they are protecting people who in some cases give them nothing but trouble.
Ryan Phillippe is an actor who has not been given the credit he so well deserves, and turns in yet another brilliant performance in this film revolving around a soldier being pulled back into duty to places where the chances of returning home in one piece or even at all are quite slim.
This review of Stop-Loss (2008) was written by Eric S on 25 May 2010.
Stop-Loss has generally received mixed reviews.
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