Just saw Kimberly Peirce’s new film “Stop-Loss,” about the army’s abuse of the stop-loss clause in servicemen’s contracts. Seems that in times of war, a soldier can be sent back into action after they have served their tour of duty, even against their wishes. The film rightly points out that Bush himself declared the war over -- so this is an abuse of rights.

Could this be the first film about Iraq that might appeal to a movie-going audience? It’s filled with young appealing actors (Ryan Phillippe, Channing Tatum, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Abbie Cornish) who capture the intensity and immediacy of war and its aftermath. Phillippe follows up solid performances in “Flags Of Our Fathers” and “Breach” and is searingly intense.

Peirce also fills the soundtrack with pounding heavy metal music, or angry rap during the combat scenes, music that our young servicemen might actually listen to. And even though it revisits some of the same themes as “In The Valley Of Elah”, “Stop-Loss” is seen through the eyes of the young soldiers -- not the fathers or wives at home.

Films like this need to make money, otherwise studios won’t make more, and I think “Stop-Loss” is a film that needs to be seen.

Jeffrey and I discuss the film in detail on this week's episode of RT.