Love in Country 2021
Love in Country
It's 1968. Ian and John, two young point men in love in the midst of the Vietnam War, lead their squad in a desperate attempt to survive a botched Phoenix Mission, despite their Captain who has lost his humanity and who will use any means to win, including sacrificing the squad.
It's 1968. Ian and John, two young point men in love in the midst of the Vietnam War, lead their squad in a desperate attempt to survive a botched Phoenix Mission, despite their Captain who has lost his humanity and who will use any means to win, including sacrificing the squad.
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Full Cast & CrewDG
David Garber... Sgt. Ian Alexander
... Sgt. John Reese
... Capt. John Tower Heinrick
... PFC Jay Edgar Burd
JO
Jon Owens... PFC 1st Class Charles 'Thumper' White
... SP4 Thomas 'Doc' Graham
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See All 1 Reviews06 Aug 2023 by CinemaSerf
Whilst this may be based on a true scenario, and there may well be an underlying critique on the intolerance of the US military towards anyone who wasn't a white, heterosexual, man during the Vietnam War (and in many other conflicts) that's no excuse for taking the story of these brave men and turning it into this. David Garber ("Sgt. Alexander") and Michael Southworth ("Sgt. Reese") are charged with leading a secret CIA mission whilst facing opposition from their tenacious enemy and, as the two men come to terms with their own sexuality, with their colleague's attitude to that - all whilst under fire and in hostile terrain. The narrative here is all over the place. The lacklustre direction and soporific score; the really mediocre writing and the stilted acting all contribute to what is essentially a throughly unremarkable piece of cinema that seems to have no idea who it is for, or what it is trying to say - beyond the bleeding (quite literally) obvious. Most films from this theatre of war depict tragedy and brutality - but most do it far more cogently than this insipid melodrama that uses a gay angle to the story to thinly disguise a poor piece of wartime story-telling. It can't have had much of a budget and much of it looks like it was filmed in someone's back yard. It probably was, and maybe they could just stick to showing it there, too. Very poor.
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Release Date:
Dec 07, 2021 (United States)
Run Time:
2hr 2`
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Original Language:
English
Production Countries:
United States
Status:
Released
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Whilst this may be based on a true scenario, and there may well be an underlying critique on the intolerance of the US military towards anyone who wasn't a white, heterosexual, man during the Vietnam War (and in many other conflicts) that's no excuse for taking the story of these brave men and turning it into this. David Garber ("Sgt. Alexander") and Michael Southworth ("Sgt. Reese") are charged with leading a secret CIA mission whilst facing opposition from their tenacious enemy and, as the two men come to terms with their own sexuality, with their colleague's attitude to that - all whilst under fire and in hostile terrain. The narrative here is all over the place. The lacklustre direction and soporific score; the really mediocre writing and the stilted acting all contribute to what is essentially a throughly unremarkable piece of cinema that seems to have no idea who it is for, or what it is trying to say - beyond the bleeding (quite literally) obvious. Most films from this theatre of war depict tragedy and brutality - but most do it far more cogently than this insipid melodrama that uses a gay angle to the story to thinly disguise a poor piece of wartime story-telling. It can't have had much of a budget and much of it looks like it was filmed in someone's back yard. It probably was, and maybe they could just stick to showing it there, too. Very poor.
Cast & Crew of
Love in Country
Directors & Credit Writers
KB
Kurt Braun... Director
... Director
Cast
DG
David Garber... Sgt. Ian Alexander
... Sgt. John Reese
... Capt. John Tower Heinrick
... PFC Jay Edgar Burd
JO
Jon Owens... PFC 1st Class Charles 'Thumper' White
... SP4 Thomas 'Doc' Graham
... Agent Crawford CIA
VH
Vu Ha... Monk in the Grotto
... Lt. Harold Holis
DAM
David A. Miller... Battalion Commander
... Macklin
JK
Jamison Key... Medic
AA
Aki Aitos... Vu Hoang, NVA Prisioner
... First Sergeant
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... Producer