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Rating: 4.7/10 by 7 users

Love in Country (2021)

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.

Directing:
  • Richard Gayton
  • Kurt Braun
Writing:
  • James Sosontovich
  • Richard Gayton
Stars:
Release Date: Tue, Dec 07, 2021

Rating: 4.7/10 by 7 users

Alternative Title:
러브 인 컨츄리 - KR

Country:
United States of America
Language:
English
Runtime: 02 hour 02 minutes
Budget: $0
Revenue: $0

Plot Keyword: vietnam war, lgbt, military, lgbt in the military, gay theme
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David Garber
Sgt. Ian Alexander
Michael Southworth
Sgt. John Reese
Vincent van Hinte
Capt. John Tower Heinrick
Elijah Olachea
PFC Jay Edgar Burd
Jon Owens
PFC 1st Class Charles 'Thumper' White
Robert M. O'Brien
SP4 Thomas 'Doc' Graham
John Michael Tilmont
Agent Crawford CIA
Vu Ha
Monk in the Grotto
Brandon Yutterman
Lt. Harold Holis
David A. Miller
Battalion Commander
Aki Aitos
Vu Hoang, NVA Prisioner
Mitch McDonald
First Sergeant

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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