"U.S. Troops killed in war in Iraq"...today's unfortunate headlines

Rating: 10/10 (29 March 2008)

STOP-LOSS is a powerful film from the first frame to the last and delivers a story of our men (and women) who are serving in a war which many will not come home from. Why are we in this war? That is not the question here, but of our soldiers from states such as Texas who enlist and want to "make a difference" for their country and who now face a deadly enemy out to destroy them, maim them and send them back to the United States in coffins. STOP-LOSS gives us their stories, their nightmares and their brave attempts to assimilate back into a culture which many find alien, as well as, incoherent to what they faced in the battles of Iraq.
What began IN THE VALLEY OF ELAH takes us to STOP-LOSS, and with a cast of young actors that is out of this world! Ryan Phillippe better be remembered at Oscar time, and Channing Tatum (wow, how you have STEPPED UP in this film!), to all the cast who brought home to the screen this film of what our troops have faced/face in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Bravo, Kimberly Pierce for giving us this important film to show us what our troops today fear and contend with in war, and their return to the USA in what might be called COMING HOME meets THE DEER HUNTER, but shows you in STOP-LOSS, that "BOYS DON'T CRY", they just continue to serve in Iraq with bravery and valor.