Stop-Loss (2008)
The bravest place to stand is by each other's side.
Director: Kimberly Peirce · Writers: Mark Richard, Kimberly Peirce
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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Director
Kimberly Peirce
Cast
Ryan Phillippe
Brandon King 
Abbie Cornish
Michelle 
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Tommy Burgess 
Channing Tatum
Steve Shriver 
Josef Sommer
Senator Orton Worrell 
Timothy Olyphant
Lieutenant Colonel Boot Miller 
Ciarán Hinds
Roy King 
Linda Emond
Ida King 
Steven Strait
Michael Colson 
Alex Frost
Shorty 
Rob Brown
Isaac 'Eyeball' Butler 
Victor Rasuk
Rico Rodriguez User Reviews (1)
Extended Enlistment. Kimberley Peirce’s (Boys Don’t Cry) movie proved to be controversial in military circles. The story is about the stop-loss procedure used by the American military, a kind of small print tactic that can extend a soldiers service should their country deem it so. Sergeant Brandon King (Ryan Phillippe) returns home from the Gulf Wars with his mentally scarred pals fully expecting to get back to a domestic life without blood and brains dominating his personal landscape. Yet he is called back in for another tour of Iraq under the stop-loss procedure, something he rebels against and goes AWOL. He has done two tours already, surely he has earned his retirement? It starts off in electrified fashion, the horrors of the war in Iraq bursting from the screen as a firefight ensues, character traits are introduced to us, we are left in no doubt that the soldiers at the en…
