Home of the Brave on DVD (2006)

brian green from scotland [Highly rated reviewer] , 06/12/2007

pretty good movie, but maybe a bit too flag wavy for some, however this doesnt bother me at all, just dont go looking for a black hawk down rival here & you shouldn,t be too letdown, a worthy title even if its just there to make up the numbers in your rental queue

  20 out of 21 people found this review helpful

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A customer from Devon , 04/03/2008

Good film well-acted concerned with the problem of 'fitting back ' into civilian life after being in an intense and traumatic war situation - no doubt true of all soldiers everywhere in every conflict especially those scarred or wounded both physically and mentally.

  9 out of 9 people found this review helpful

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A customer from Birmingham , 14/03/2008

the storyline is good its mostly about the aftermath of war in afghanistan ..how the soldiers cope when they get home..this film gives us an insight into the aftereffects of war from a soldiers personal point of view.. really good and touching movie

  6 out of 6 people found this review helpful

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A customer from Bathgate , 13/03/2008

This film was a good watch. Went in to good depth of each characters experience. Would recommend.

  3 out of 3 people found this review helpful

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A customer from Llanelli , 09/06/2008

samuel jackson is always a good actor. i think this was trying to much to be like black hawk down i dont think so.

  1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

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Fozzie from Doncaster [Highly rated reviewer] , 04/04/2008

Unfortunately, this film lacks any real impact. It starts out, playing like an episode of “Over There” which, in itself, isn’t a bad thing…“Over There” is fantastic. However, in making a comparison between an episode of a TV show and a Hollywood movie, I can’t help but remind myself that the former would have been made on a fraction of the budget of this movie yet still manages to come out on top. Considering the cast of “Home of the Brave”, I was expecting great things. Sadly, I was left wanting.

Certainly, there are a couple of important points that are mentioned in the film, and the overriding theme of the very real struggles faced by returning servicemen and women is one that should be explored, but the fact that one previous reviewer wrote “…the storyline is…mostly about the aftermath of war in Afghanistan…” just about sums things up. The film has nothing to do with Afghanistan, it’s about troops returning home from Iraq but, clearly, the film fails to draw you in and you end up caring little about the returning soldiers, never mind where they have been fighting.

No matter what your views of the war in Iraq, or the continuing deployment of our servicemen and women, I think that the troops serving their Country deserve a more fitting tribute than this.

  2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

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