The Veteran

2011 "A True Soldier Never Leaves The Battlefield"
5.8| 1h38m| R| en
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Soldier Robert Miller returns home from Afghanistan unable to fit back into society. Living on a violent council estate and finding work in undercover surveillance, he becomes obsessed with taking down a group of local gangsters who are intrinsically tied to a suspected terrorist cell. Taking the situation into his own hands, Robert embarks on a brutal quest for justice, with devastating consequences.

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Also starring Adi Bielski

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Twilightfa Watch something else. There are very few redeeming qualities to this film.
BelSports This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.
Sammy-Jo Cervantes There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.
Yash Wade Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.
Dan N This film shows the aftermath of a Veteran returning home to England after serving in the middle east. The streets, the gang activity were a nuisance to this honorable young man. He was a man of "special talents" learned through combat. The local gangs, thugs brought about him unleashing his abilities on them. Tony Kebbell's very thorough movements when in a tactical situation were astounding. Having a professional background in Tactical Operations myself, I truly appreciated how he carried out his moves and handling of an AR / M-4 type weapon. Here was a man that wanted peace and tried to help others, only to be pulled back into using these methods learned. Sad but sometimes a reality. Excellent movie overall.
Ornlu Wolfjarl This is quite a good film, the plot wasn't anything out of the ordinary, neither was the acting, however it still manages to entertain with its gritty environments and intrigues within the plot line.The story follows a recently retired young soldier who is unemployed and lives the slams of a British city. His friend introduces enlists him to an antiespionage agency that is investigating several terrorist cells planning to carry out attacks against the UK. The protagonist also tries to keep a neighbour and friend of his safe from a drug gang in their neighbourhood, that has enlisted his friend's child brother in their ranks.The film touches several issues, such as the current "war on terror", drug problems, increasing criminal activity, children introduced to gangs, veterans facing problems adjusting to civilian life. It doesn't oversell itself and neither does it come short. It is both entertaining and thought-provoking.If you sit to watch it bear in mind 2 things: a) the film doesn't focus on the action as much as the plot line and character development. Don't expect a Jason Bourne film. b) (read after the SPOILER sign)***SPOILER*** The only problem I had with the film was its ending, and the main reason I wouldn't recommend this to everyone. The ending is quite anticlimactic and leaves several plot lines unresolved. While I wasn't expecting a good "Star Wars"-kind ending where all the good guys live, all the bad guys die and the world is a happy place, I'd still like to know what happened with all the other people involved in the story. Personally, I was left with a "so, that's it?" thought, which ruined the rest of the film for me. A similar film, "The International" (2009), has a similar kind of ending, but in that movie, the ending was enjoyable because it didn't leave unresolved issues and the viewer wandering if the copy of the film he just watched had a few scenes missing.
engineersrdumb This movie was very good... but after a while in to the movie I noticed it was going way to slow, though still good enough for me to enjoy. Then when the ending came..I was furious...WHY the heck do all these low budget movies have to have these type of endings where the guy doesn't get the girl, or the main character dies??????? I don't get understand this trash writing!!!!! This is not entertaining, We want to see the cliché, we want to see the happy ending in a sense. What worth is it to have the main character that you come to love get killed and an ending to a story that leaves no justice with the bad guy winning??????? Wow Mathew Hope You are a Moron. And all director / writers like you are too. I can not believe you get funding for garbage movies like this. You disappointing talentless losers.DO NOT SEE THIS MOVIE!! I WARN YOU the main actor is great, to bad the writers/ director sucks at doing there job.
btknorr Do not listen to the good reviews. They must be fabricated. I normally don't take the time to write something but I am SO pi-ssed me about how bad this movie ended that I have to warn everybody. Please watch it and you will see... and then post how disappointed you were. We must stop the fraudulent reviews! Your review does not contain enough lines - the minimum length for reviews is 10 lines of text. Please see the guidelines. Attempts to pad the comment with junk words can result in your account being blocked from future submissions. Your review does not contain enough lines - the minimum length for reviews is 10 lines of text. Please see the guidelines. Attempts to pad the comment with junk words can result in your account being blocked from future submissions.