9 Feb 2008 — The rest of the movie is America. And what a dump America looks. Rarely in American movies do directors show us the cheap, lonely, WordPress.com
In the film, Hank Deerfield travels to a New Mexico military base to find his missing son, Mike. After Mike's charred remains are discovered, Hank teams up with local detective Emily Sanders (Charlize Theron) to navigate military red tape and jurisdictional friction. The Biblical Metaphor In the Valley of Elah
The film is loosely based on the true story of Specialist Richard Davis, an Iraq War veteran murdered shortly after returning home in 2003. Like the protagonist Hank Deerfield (played by Tommy Lee Jones), Davis's father was a former military police officer who launched his own investigation into his son's death. 9 Feb 2008 — The rest of the movie is America