Cliché for the uninformed

Rating: 6/10 (1 February 2014)

Objectively as a person who reviews thousands of films, I have to say this was a terrible movie.
On the one hand, while I knew about stop loss already as everyone who signs the dotted line does, I found it to be unconstitutional as a concept.
On the other hand, this movie was pure propaganda from bleeding hearts. It has the clichés running straight through it from start to finish, and it wouldn't have been so bad if the directing, script, dialog were any good.
I think the actors did a decent job with what they had to work with, and there were some intriguing ideas, but they weren't new ones and they weren't done skillfully.
In the end we wonder what he learned if anything from his actions. It seems it was all full of sound and fury signifying nothing.
If you want to see my favorite movie about war, watch The Deer Hunter. Now that's a movie that will change your life.