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There have been several Iraq War films, some of them have been quite good, but this is the best so far. Kathryn Bigelow’s gripping thriller doesn’t have a political message about this particular war, but has something to say about war in general. In following the elite bomb squad soldiers, the film delves into how war can be a powerful drug.

Sgt. JT Sanborn (Anthony Mackie, NOTORIOUS) is trying to finish out his tour in the bomb squad following a terrible accident. In this unit, Specialist Owen Eldridge (Brian Geraghty, JARHEAD) is having trouble coping with the thin line between life and death. He lashes out in his counseling sessions with Col. John Cambridge (Christian Camargo, NATIONAL TREASURE: BOOK OF SECRETS), who he believes doesn’t know what its really like to be out in battle. Staff Sgt. William James (Jeremy Renner, 28 WEEKS LATER) becomes their new leader, and compared to their cautious former leader Sgt. Matt Thompson (Guy Pearce, MEMENTO), he looks reckless.
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Every raunchy comedy following 1998 owes something to THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY. The Farrelly Brothers’ comedy brought blue humor to the mainstream. They set the stage with DUMB & DUMBER and KINGPIN, but this was the major hit that showed Hollywood that people would pay money for potty humor. For better or for worse, it changed big screen comedies for the decade since its release. But its lasting appeal isn’t the jokes, but the sweetness underneath.

Ted (Ben Stiller, TROPIC THUNDER) is a sweet nerdy guy who only wishes he could go out with the prettiest girl in school, Mary (Cameron Diaz, BEING JOHN MALKOVICH). But when Ted comes to the rescue of Mary’s mentally handicapped brother Warren (W. Earl Brown, TV’s DEADWOOD), she takes a liking to the awkward boy and asks him to prom. Well, things don’t go the way they were planned and Ted ends up in an ambulance instead of the dance floor.
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After THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY hit big in 1998, raunchy sex comedies became bankable and popular. While many are sophomoric, the original AMERICAN PIE is surprising in how it lets its characters grow. The plot is like so many other films like it. Friends make a pact to get laid. But how it handles that pact comes from someplace very real.

Jim Levenstein (Jason Biggs, EIGHT BELOW) has little experience in the sex department and his many experiments have been embarrassing to say the least. Chris “Oz” Ostreicher (Chris Klein, ROLLERBALL) is a jocky lacrosse player who doesn’t know how to talk to girls. Kevin Myers (Thomas Ian Nicholas, ROOKIE OF THE YEAR) has been dating Vicky (Tara Reid, URBAN LEGEND) for some time, but she wants their first time to be special and he’s getting frustrated. Paul Finch (Eddie Kaye Thomas, HAROLD & KUMAR GO TO WHITE CASTLE) is an eccentric who enlists his free-spirited friend Jessica (Natasha Lyonne, SLUMS OF BEVERLY HILLS) to help him get girls. These are the four friends who will vow to loose their virginity before prom.
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