Two career officers vie for the hearts and minds of military inmates in this didactic drama, which opens as warden Colonel Winter (James Gandolfini) and his right-hand man, Captain Peretz (Steve Burton), prepare to take possession of an unusual prisoner. Three-star general Eugene Irwin (Robert Redford) is legendary. A much-decorated combat veteran, former POW and the author of celebrated text "The Burden of Command," he's the last person you'd expect to see marched into a detention yard in shackles. And yet here he is. Determined to treat Irwin like any other prisoner, Winter — who's never seen combat — can't entirely contain his admiration. A collector of ...
Released:
2001
Rated:
R
Length:
131 mins