Stop-Loss

2008
R
1h 52m

IMDb RATING

6.4/10

21K

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Ryan Phillippe, Abbie Cornish, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Channing Tatum in Stop-Loss (2008)

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Drama War

A veteran soldier returns from his completed tour of duty in Iraq, only to find his life turned upside down when he is arbitrarily ordered to return to field duty by the Army.A veteran soldier returns from his completed tour of duty in Iraq, only to find his life turned upside down when he is arbitrarily ordered to return to field duty by the Army.A veteran soldier returns from his completed tour of duty in Iraq, only to find his life turned upside down when he is arbitrarily ordered to return to field duty by the Army.

Director
- Kimberly Peirce
Writers
- Mark Richard
- Kimberly Peirce
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.4/10

21K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Kimberly Peirce
Writers
- Mark Richard
- Kimberly Peirce
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 wins & 5 nominations total

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Photos89

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Trivia
The title refers to a provision in all military service contracts that says a service member can be involuntarily extended beyond their discharge (from active duty) date, and at times beyond their final discharge from service date, according to the needs of the service.

Goofs
When Sgt. King visits Rico, as he pushes his wheel chair out of the sun you can clearly see a bulge in Rico's t-shirt where his real arm is resting.

Quotes
Brandon King: Who wants to play lets start shootin' people?

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: 21/Chapter 27/Flawless/Stop-Loss/Run Fatboy Run (2008)

Soundtracks
Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)
Written by Toby Keith

User reviews111

Featured review

6/10

Cliché for the uninformed

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.