“Early on, you said there was nothing in this for you.”

From The Last Full Measure.

Young lawyer, Scott Huffman (Sebastian Stan) is working at the Pentagon in 1999, overwhelmed by family responsibilities and an impending job loss, so when his boss (Bradley Whitford) assigns him a decorations review of Billy “Pits” Pitsenbarger, it is not much of a priority.  Pushing for Pitsenbarger to posthumously receive the Medal of Honor, retired Sergeant Thomas Tulley (William Hurt) hounds Scott to give the case the attention it deserves.  Initially reluctant to move forward with the Medal of Honor upgrade due to the three decades since Pitsenbarger’s service, when he is ordered by Secretary Peters (Linus Roache) to personally investigate, he plans to conduct enough interviews to appease all involved until he can drop it.  During the Vietnam War’s Operation Abilene, Air Force pararescue jumper Pits (Jeremy Irvine) volunteered to leave the safety of the helicopter to help evacuate the wounded Army soldiers in the battle below. While the Army’s Charlie Company from the First Infantry Division was the only military branch officially involved in Abilene’s battle, Scott quickly learns from his interviews with Charlie Company that Pits willingly joined a violent battle.  To better understand what happened during the battle, Scott speaks with Billy Takoda (Samuel L. Jackson), Jimmy Burr (Peter Fonda), Ray Mott (Ed Harris), as well as Pits’ parents, Frank (Christopher Plummer) and Alice (Diane Ladd), which pushes Scott to realize Pits’ true heroism. Finding himself being drawn in and with the encouragement of his wife (Alison Sudol) and assistant (LisaGay Hamilton), Scott devotes himself to the mission of getting Pits the Medal of Honor he deserves.

Based on the incredibly true story, this war drama is impossible to forget. The talented, seasoned cast brings genuine emotion to the film, especially Stan’s transition from apathetic to totally invested. While it is an intense journey that will be too much for some viewers, The Last Full Measure is a powerful look at the horrors of war and the bravery of the soldiers, airmen, and sailors that face that darkness every day.

| Rated: R | Running Time: 110 minutes |Genre: action/war/drama|

||Family Viewing||Cursing: 4* of 10|Nudity: 0 of 10|Sexuality: 0 of 10|Gore: 5 of 10

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