The Veteran (2006)

Directed by

Sidney J. Furie

Genre

drama fiction

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

4.3 of 10 from 18 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Vietnam War veteran returns home but struggles with trauma and readjusting to civilian life. He must confront painful memories and his own sense of duty as he tries to move forward.

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What happens

The Veteran is a 2006 American made-for-TV war film directed by Sidney J. Furie and starring Ally Sheedy, Bobby Hosea, Michael Ironside, Casper Van Dien, Colin Glazer, Sean Baek, Jim Codrington and Donald Burda. It is a follow-up to Under Heavy Fire. The film is the third in Sidney J. Furie's Vietnam War trilogy along with 1977's The Boys in Company C and 2001's Under Heavy Fire, resembling Oliver Stone and his Vietnam War trilogy of 1986's Platoon, 1989's Born on the Fourth of July and 1993's Heaven & Earth. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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