Review of Stop-Loss (2008) by Cody M — 15 Jan 2009

A forgettable movie, but not bad... Good Soundtrack.

This review of Stop-Loss (2008) was written by Cody M on 15 Jan 2009.

Stop-Loss has generally received mixed reviews.

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While Stop-Loss doesn’t pack anything like the emotional wallop of her previous film, the movies do share Peirce’s clear-eyed refusal to…

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War films are the speciality of Kathryn Bigelow which should stay so…

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Tatum proves he can act and aside from a guide to recognizing your saints his career has been a joke to this point…

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By Pavan R (814) on 18 Jan 2015

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By Marcia A (38) on 21 Apr 2013

Really sad and depressing...and that never changed really, but worth watchin for the eye candy! Channing Tatum did a scene is his panties…

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By Adrian Z (553) on 30 Jan 2013

The movie is okay but I felt I failed to deliver whatever message they were trying to send about the war…

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By Aaron Hillis (362) for Premiere (771) on 30 May 2014

What little anti-war critique Peirce presents -- and she has it in her, which makes it all the more dubious -- gets trampled over by jingoistic…

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