Love in Country

2021

DramaWar

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.

"A story of war and love"

Rating

4.7
7 votes

Popularity

1.2533

Origin & Countries

US | en | United States of America

Production

Indie Rights Movies

Runtime

122 min.

Status

Released

Release: 12/7/2021

Credits

Love in Country

Richard GaytonDirector

Love in Country

David GarberSgt. Ian Alexander

Love in Country

Michael SouthworthSgt. John Reese

Love in Country

Vincent van HinteCapt. John Tower Heinrick

Love in Country

Elijah OlacheaPFC Jay Edgar Burd

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Reviews

CinemaSerf

8/6/2023

4 / 10

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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