In April, 2004, casualties mount in Iraq. At Quantico, choices focus on increasing troop strength or only replacing casualties. Lt. Col. Mike Strobl crunches numbers. Stung by his superior's rejection of his recommendation because he lacks recent combat experience, Strobl volunteers for escort duty, accompanying the remains Pfc. Chance Phelps, killed at 19. From Dover to Philadelphia by hearse, from there to Minneapolis and on to Billings by plane, and then by car to Phelps' Wyoming home - person after person pays respects. Kind words, small gifts, and gratitude are given Strobl to deliver to the family on this soul-searching journey. What are his own discoveries?
Outstanding, moving, and worth watching.
"Cum catapultae proscriptae erunt tum soli proscripti catapultas habebunt "
If you want a crazy Kevin Bacon movie, check out Death Sentence.
"That rifle on the wall of the labourer's cottage or working class flat is the symbol of democracy.
It is our job to see that it stays there." - George Orwell
"That rifle on the wall of the labourer's cottage or working class flat is the symbol of democracy.
It is our job to see that it stays there." - George Orwell
If you don't like movies that make you cry like a little bitch, don't watch this.
Simple quiet story full of dignity, love, and respect for the country and the men who serve it. Deceptively powerful film. Not a lot "happens" in this movie, but I found I couldn't look away - which is saying quite a bit considering I usually have a movie running with 6 tabs of internet in the background and my cellphone going. This commanded my full attention, as it should command yours. Watch this.
Kazuya Mishima wrote:they can pry the bacon from my cold dead hand.
