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Stop-Loss

The bravest place to stand is by each other's side.

Since Reese left me I've lost all will to live...

After a tour of duty in Iraq, a group of soldiers come home to their small town and a heroes welcome. One decides to re-enlist and become a sniper, while the other has his retirement denied: he has been 'stop-lossed' and ordered back to Iraq. He decides to fight this decision, and goes on the run with his buddy the wanna-be sniper's girlfriend. After a few detours, they end up in Washington before the showdown in a cemetery.

112 minutes, No persons under 16 (Language, Violence)
Drama, War.

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Credits
Cast	Ryan Phillippe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Rob Brown, Channing Tatum, Victor Rasuk, Terry Quay, Matthew Scott Wilcox
Director	Kimberly Peirce
Screenplay	Mark RIchard, Kimberly Peirce
Music	John Powell
Cinematography	Chris Menges
Editing	Claire Simpson
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS
Soundtrack	Available
Made in	2008
Produced by	Paramount Pictures, Scott Rudin Productions, MTV Films, Peirce Pictures
SA Distributor	UIP

FPB Report (SA)
Genre	Drama
Language	Strong
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	Strongish
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None
Comments	Serious drama about war and its effects on soldiers. Some distressing elements.
These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines.

ScreenIt Report (USA)
Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore	Guns / Weapons	Profanity

Alcohol / Drugs	Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour	Frightening / Tense Scenes

Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes	Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
South African Media
Cape Argus/The StarTheresa Smith	10
Die BurgerJeanne Calitz	10
The CitizenPeter Feldman	12
24.comShaheema Barodien	10
International Media
BBC (UK)Laura Bushell	10
eye Weekly (Canada)Adam Nayman	10
ReelViews (USA)James Berardinelli	10
Rolling Stone (US)Peter Travers	18
ScreenIt (USA)C. Fuchs	11
Metacritic.com35 critics	12
RottenTomatoes.com135 critics	13
RottenTomatoes.comTomatometer	13
Internet (IMDB)5452 Netizens	13

Average .. 58%	11

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