The film is about Pat Tillman, a phenomenal athlete, who played professional football for the Arizona Cardinals. After 9/11 he, and his brother, decided to join the military. Without being rude toward the Army, let's just say that the majority of soldiers now are kids fresh out of high school looking for direction. These were not exactly the peers that Pat was expecting, and while on a tour in Afghanistan he was killed by friendly fire.
The enraging part of the film is that it was covered up. The US government went against all of Pat's wishes and held a public funeral which was heavily attended by high ranking officials, and the family was told that he was a hero and saved others in his battalion. Through amazing efforts the family was able to find out the truth, and this is their story. It is a sad a tragic story with the government coverup completely uncovered, but the problem is that the topic just isn't that big.
I liked the film, but two hours to get to the bottom of this was pretty slow and a little boring. I get it. It was wrong. The men responsible for lying and making him a hero have done much much worse things in their lives that they will have to answer for, and for that alone I just didn't find it all that informative or interesting. Just ok for me.
Vote: 6/10
IMDB Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1568334/
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