Movie Review (stop-loss)

I have been seeing advertisements about the movie Stop-Loss. This movie is basically a military movie that gives the public awareness about what is really going on with our young soldiers. It seems as though there has been a higher amount of military retention due to the war. Of course, who wants to join the military to go to Iraq and die. The government is very close to having to bring back the draft to replace the amount of soldiers that are getting injured, killed or are just getting out of the military and moving on with their lives. This movie is letting the viewers see what they have to go through i order for them to get an honorable discharge now.

In the movie the government issued that this soldier and his friends had to be automatically reenlisted and serve more time in Iraq, even though they finished their contract agreements. This in turn was the governments way of slowing down retention, and they call it stop-loss. They did their time fighting and they deserve the chance to move on with their families. The young soldier who is the lead in this movie is actor Ryan Phillipe as Sgt. Brandon King. After going back home he and his friends begin to adjust to the civilian life. It takes time for returning soldiers to adjust to life again and they had just started to do just that.

He gave the military all that he had as a decorated war military personnel man. They decide that they want him to do more and that his country still needs him. Well that's unfortunate for them, because this time Brandon decides to go AWOL. He decides that he is not going back to Iraq or back into the military. If a soldier goes AWOL this becomes a federal offense and that soldier has to live as a fugitive for the rest of their life or risk being captured and going to jail. I being a former naval personnel service member, will definitely be honored to go and see this movie, and I would advise everyone out their to go and see it too. It premiers on March, 28Th.