Stop-Loss (2008)

Directed by

Kimberly Peirce

Genre

drama film, war film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 52m

Rated

R

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 278 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of young soldiers return from the Iraq War to find their lives falling apart. One of them faces having his term extended against his will by the stop-loss policy.

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What happens

Stop-Loss is a 2008 American war drama film directed by Kimberly Peirce and starring Ryan Phillippe, Channing Tatum, Abbie Cornish and Joseph Gordon-Levitt as young soldiers whose experience in the Iraq War leaves them psychologically shattered. It was distributed by Paramount Pictures and produced by MTV Films. The film received mixed reviews, and earned less than half of its $25 million production budget at the box office. The title refers to the U.S. government's controversial stop-loss policy, which allows the government to extend the term of duty for soldiers who have already served their contracted number of years of service. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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