One man's journey through the Vietnam war that irreparably changes him forever

Rating: 7/10 (8 June 2018)

6/7/18. This was a really nicely done movie about Ron Kovic, a Vietnam vet who returns from the war paralyzed from the chest down. Reflecting the turbulent times of the '60s and '70s, Kovic must make sense of his patriotism to serve his country in an unpopular war, to getting such injuries that turn out to be life changing. More than anything else, this movie is about how one man reacted to the lack of recognition and respect by people of that time who were anti-war and lacked a complete understanding of what injured vets must go through to try and find their place back in American society. Much of Kovic's journey was one of self-discovery and self-recovery, and how he tried hard to raise awareness of the plight of damaged vets returning home to people who have no understanding of what it's like to fight and come back as a shadow of what they were before. Worth catching.