Stop-Loss
2008 · Movie · R · 113 min · ★ 6.1 · 63% critics
After finishing a tour in Iraq, a soldier returns home expecting to rebuild a normal life with friends and family. When the Army orders an unexpected return to combat through a controversial policy, the pressure exposes the strain of war, loyalty, and the difficult transition back to civilian life.
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Details
- Years
- 2008
- Release date
- 2008-03-28
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Critic score
- 63/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.1/10 (274 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a serious, emotionally heavy look at soldiers coping at home and questioning orders, similar in spirit to Fort Bliss or Good Kill; Not for you if you want a tight, consistently paced story.
Pros: hard-hitting subject; strong performances; intense opening | Cons: uneven middle; weak screenplay; unsatisfying ending
Themes
- post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)
- iraq war veteran
- u.s. soldier
- woman director
Cast & crew
Ryan Phillippe
as Brandon King
Abbie Cornish
as Michelle
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
as Tommy Burgess
Channing Tatum
as Steve Shriver
Josef Sommer
as Senator Orton Worrell
Timothy Olyphant
as Lieutenant Colonel Boot Miller
Ciarán Hinds
as Roy King
Linda Emond
as Ida King
Steven Strait
as Michael Colson
Alex Frost
as Shorty
Directed by Kimberly Peirce