EXCELLENT MOVIE - Down to earth.

Rating: 10/10 (5 April 2008)

Great movie! Nothing like saving the average War movie. Many people will be able to relate to this movie. Anyone who has a son, daughter, husband, wife, etc. serving in this war. Ryan Phillippe stars as Brandon King, a decorated war hero who, upon returning home from his final tour of duty in Iraq, is surprised to discover that he's just been stop-loss. A legal loophole that allows the U.S. military to extend a soldier's enlistment contract until the completion of the current war. Scheduled to ship back out at the end of the month, Brandon goes AWOL and heads north to visit his senator in D.C. When the senator refuses to help him, however, Brandon is left with only one option: flee to Canada and abandon his country forever, or return to duty.