Home of the Brave with Samuel L. Jackson: Blu-ray Cover

    Home of the Brave Director: Irwin Winkler Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Jessica Biel, Brian Presley, Curtis Jackson

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    • Blu-ray Release Date: 10/23/2007
    • Original Release: 2006
    • Rating: Rated R
    • Sales Rank: 35,633

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    As their tour of duty in Iraq draws to a close, four American soldiers learn that they are scheduled to embark on one final, fateful mission that will forever change their concept of war. Shortly after receiving the news that they will soon be reunited with their families back in the United States, a unit serving in Iraq is deployed on a humanitarian mission to deliver medical supplies to a remote Iraqi village. Upon arriving in the village, the unit is viciously ambushed and many lives are lost. Now, as the surviving members of the battalion return home and attempt to readjust to civilian life, the physical injuries and psychological scars sustained during that tragic event continue to take a heavy emotional toll on the war-torn soldiers. Samuel L. Jackson, Jessica Biel, and rapper-turned-actor 50 Cent star in an affecting psychological war drama from Academy Award-winning director Irwin Winkler. Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

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    Coming Homeby Anonymous

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    July 11, 2008: Irwin Winkler's film was meaningful about a war that has deeply divided America's loyalties, but we cannot question the patriotism and loyalty of those who have served. In this very presentable and transcendent film, it shows the conflict coming home, not just the war overseas. Unfortunately, many people, especially those that have flag pins to their lapels, forget the war doesn't end in Iraq, it stays with the men and women that served there forever. Many people are cut off from military families that have sacrificed so much and continue to do. Thank God for films like this.

    This review was written about the DVD Wide Screen / Pan & Scan edition.

    The War Insideby Anonymous

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    November 06, 2007: HOME OF THE BRAVE is one of those films that is difficult to critique: the message of how war permanently alters the minds and bodies of soldiers and their families is a meaningful one and one about which we need to be reminded. Irwin Winkler has made some good films (DeLovely, Life as a House, Guilty by Suspicion), but in this film he seems to be working against the script by Mark Friedman which has a tendency to oversimplify emotions and thus loses its impact. The film begins in Iraq where each of the main characters is at least tangentially connected. Dr. Will Marsh (Samuel L. Jackson) is in a truck driven by Vanessa (Jessica Biel) and accompanied by soldiers Tommy (Brian Presley) and Jamal (50 Cent AKA Curtis Jackson) when a roadside bomb explodes, maiming the hand of Vanessa, killing Tommy's best friend, making Jamal witness unnecessary civilian deaths, and placing Will in an impotent position as a doctor. Flash forward to Spokane, Washington where each of these four wounded people try to piece their lives together in a world that loathes the Iraq war (not at all unlike the treatment of soldiers returning from the unpopular Vietnam debacle), trying to make sense of it all. The problem with the good idea for a movie lies in the too traditional plot lines. The actors (especially Presley and Biel) give it their all, but credibility enters and the smoke rises and we are left with a misplaced patriotism. The message is strong: the delivery of it is shaky. Grady Harp

    This review was written about the DVD Wide Screen / Pan & Scan edition.