It is the story of a young American soldier returning from his full tour of Iraq. After returning home, the man finds his life upside down as he must return to the front lines as part of the stop loss policy. Perhaps this soldier decided to face a different turn as he went away.
Stop-Loss is not a great movie, but it's forceful, effective, and alive, with the raw, mixed-up emotions produced by an endless war -- a time when the patriotism of military families is in danger of being exploited beyond endurance.
Following the harrowing and superbly made opening sequences of hand to hand combat in Iraq, we can feel the frustrations and the anger through the film, and we sympathise. But the film has a confused message ...
