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In the Valley of Elah [DVD] [2007] [US Import] [NTSC]
 
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  • Actors: Josh Brolin, Barry Corbin, Wayne Duvall, Frances Fisher, Tommy Lee Jones
  • Directors: Paul Haggis
  • Format: NTSC
  • Language English
  • Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
  • Region: All Regions
  • Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: R (Restricted) (US MPAA rating. See details.)
  • Studio: Warner Home Video
  • DVD Release Date: 19 Feb 2008
  • Run Time: 121 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • ASIN: B0011V7PSC
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 53,524 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Rather Plodding Slow Military Drama, 12 Feb 2008
This review is from: In the Valley of Elah [Blu-ray] [2008] [US Import] [2007] [Region A] (Blu-ray)
The movie centres around Jones as Hank Deerfield, a Vietnam veteran (presented at the outset as something of a patriot) who receives a message from the military that his son has gone "AWOL" on return from Iraq. Deerfield travels to the area in order to conduct his own search however, shortly after his arrival, dismembered and partly burnt human remains are found near the army base which are quickly identified as being his missing son. We also learn that Deerfield's other son joined the military but was killed in a training accident.

Most of the rest of the movie focuses on Deerfield's dogged attempts to get the death properly investigated - Susan Sarandon as his wife is pretty much relegated to an extended cameo role. The military want the affair to go away while the civil police assign Det. Sanders (Charlize Theron) who at the start of the film is evidently not taken seriously by her colleagues and gets the cases no-one else wants. Video footage taken from the son's mobile phone (secretly recovered by Deerfield from the barracks) is used to gradually fill in the back story of his tour in Iraq. Not the most effective tool and the events depicted on the phone (particularly when linked coherently towards the end of the movie) seem more concerned with denigrating the behaviour of US soldiers in Iraq than a key plot device. Indeed throughout the film, the producer seems anxious to show the Army personnel as dehumanised sub-humans inhabiting a drug fuelled shadow world of topless bars and clip joints.

The denouement when it comes is fairly low key and, particularly when we learn that Deerfield's son himself was not exactly the model soldier his father thought, is not all that satisfying. Indeed the movie just seems to come to a sudden and bleak end.

The pace is quite slow, more like a BBC drama - in fact take away the occasional profanity and some topless nudity it plays almost like a 1980's TV movie. Despite the ensemble cast, don't expect military drama on the scale of Courage Under Fire or A Few Good Men. Apart from a brief car and foot chase there's not really much action to speak of. The Blu-Ray picture and sound are adequate but this isn't really a movie to showcase your home cinema setup.

If you're in the mood for some sombre slow paced entertainment Valley of Elah might be worth a rental but I don't think it's a movie I'll be watching over again.
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