Stop-Loss Stop-Loss

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.

Ryan Phillippe Abbie Cornish Joseph Gordon-Levitt Channing Tatum Josef Sommer

Peirce Pictures

history drama

113 mins   More details at IMDb / TMDb

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  • Michael Vazquez

    Review by Michael Vazquez ★★★★

    "Ryan Phillippe & Abbie Cornish give star-turning performances especially Phillippe (who has lots of movie, I consider this his best of his career) with great supporting work from Channing Tatum & Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Also, a heartfelt performance from Victor Rasuk in a small role. Stop Loss is a good (underrated & underappreciated) military story about struggles, pain & survival of young soldiers."

  • Patrick Haynes

    Review by Patrick Haynes ★★★

    Good enough movie, I guess. Just nothing that hasn't been done before.

  • Silent J

    Review by Silent J ★★

    The acting, for the most part, is good. Ryan Philippe is pretty solid. Abbie Cornish and Joseph Gordon-Levitt are fantastic. Channing Tatum however, is terrible. Though he's really improved these days, this was made around the time Tatum was just a really bad actor. Still, he's not the worst thing about this film which would be the script. The film is uneven as hell. It casually goes from super heavy and serious to super light. It doesn't know what it wants to be. Whether it wants to be a social commentary on the military or just a straightforward drama or what. In any case, it just doesn't know how to say whatever it wants to say. It tries to juggle…

  • Ģirts Luste

    Review by Ģirts Luste ★★

    Labi aktieri stulbos dialogos un nodrillētās ainās.

  • Josefin

    Review by Josefin ★★★½

    I think it’s difficult to write a review about a war that is still very present, although it’s officially over. I have no experience of war so who I am to say how a movie about war should or should not be depicted? I’m sure there are many different views about this movie but I thought it was a good, because it felt like it had an earnest, issue-driven narrative. Nothing is strictly black or white in wars, just a lot of shady greys.

  • ndoane

    Review by ndoane ★★★

    Difficult movie to watch because it deals with such a crappy experience with war. The movie is fairly preachy most of the time, but it does make it's point effectively. I don't ever want to watch it again, but it is fairly good.

  • Ian Woolstencroft

    Review by Ian Woolstencroft ★★★★

    This goes deeper than the clause in the US military contract that gives the film its title, offering an intelligent look at the after effects of the Iraq war on the young men who fought over there. There’s an excellent young cast who get to showcase their talents with Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Channing Tatum showing why they are now stars and Ryan Phillipe gives one of the best performances of his career as the returning soldier who goes on the run rather than be forced back after completing his tour of duty.

    Kimberly Peirce made an impact with Boy’s Don’t Cry which is funny as, by the end of Stop-Loss, we see that actually boys do cry.

  • Crystal

    Review by Crystal ★★

    A very earnest and sincere effort but it feels very formulaic and oddly clinical after the first act, once the full plot kicks in. The actors do their best but the screenplay leaves a lot to be desired and there are some odd directorial decisions throughout.

  • Luke Gorham

    Review by Luke Gorham ★★½

    2.5 out of 5 (C+)