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  1. Mar 28, 2008 · Brandon discovers that the military has invoked its stop-loss policy, extending his contract and requiring him to go back to Iraq for another tour. Enraged at this betrayal, he goes AWOL.

    • Kimberly Peirce
  2. Stop-Loss: Directed by Kimberly Peirce. With Ryan Phillippe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Rob Brown, Channing Tatum. 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.

    • (21K)
    • Drama, War
    • Kimberly Peirce
    • 2008-03-28
  3. Mar 28, 2008 · Fresh Air film critic David Edelstein reviews Stop Loss, a film about a decorated Army sergeant (Ryan Phillippe) who resists an order to serve another tour of duty in Iraq on the grounds that...

  4. Movie Info. Synopsis His tour of duty in Iraq finally over, Staff Sgt. Brandon King (Ryan Phillippe) returns home to Brazos, Texas, ready to re-enter civilian life. Unexpectedly, the Army...

    • (143)
    • Kimberly Peirce
    • R
    • Ryan Phillippe
  5. Hollywood's own approach to the troubles in the Middle East is exemplified by Stop-Loss, a well-intentioned drama which, like In The Valley Of Elah, sees the killing of Iraqi civilians in terms...

  6. Mar 28, 2008 · Overview. 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.

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  8. Stop-Loss is the most pro-troops Iraq war-film I have yet witnessed. You will shed tears for the bravery and commitment even if you are a total pacifist. But the real heartbreaker is for the people who suffer with such uncertainty back home.