Stop Loss

Staff Sergeant Brandon King served his country - but his country's not done with him. The war in Iraq collides with a small Texas town in this politically charged drama, as local hero played by Ryan Phillippe is forced into another life-threatening tour of duty, thanks to the U.S. military’s controversial “stop-loss” policy. “It’s a back door draft, that’s what it is,” he rages - come to think of it, Back Door Draft might have made a better title, although it risks being mistaken for an adult reimagining of a Ron Howard firefighter movie. Bottom line: is fighting for your country the honorable thing to do when your country isn’t behaving honorably? Leave it to the director of Boys Don’t Cry to come up with as many questions as answers.