ILLUSIONIST director Neil Burger and veteran
SNL scribe-turned-novelist-turned-screenwriter Dirk Wittenborn (
Fierce People) deliver an entertaining road movie with a topical point: The three passengers on this cross-country trip are U.S. soldiers who've just returned from Iraq.
Technically speaking, Sergeant Fred Cheaver (Tim Robbins), Theodore "T.K." Poole (Michael Pena) and Private Colee Dunn (Rachel McAdams) are indeed lucky: Though all were injured during their separate tours of duty, they made it out of Iraq alive. Colee, who's returning to the U.S. on a 30 day leave, was wounded in the leg by an IED, her life saved by a fellow solider na...
Released:
2008
Rated:
R
Length:
113 mins