The Veteran

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The Veteran ★★½ 2006

Crazed from his time as a Vietnam War POW, Doc (Ironside) is bent on avenging his abandonment by his comrades and targets Ray (Hosea), who is now a preacher with high political aspirations. Doc lures Ray back to Vietnam and holds him hostage in a hotel while rehashing painful memories (done via vivid flashbacks), not knowing that a government agent (Sheedy) investigating MIAs is trailing the pair. 89m/C DVD . Michael Ironside, Bobby Hosea, Ally Sheedy, Kenneth Johnson, Colin Glazer; D: Sidney J. Furie; W: J. Stephen Maunder. VIDEO

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