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An American soldier struggles with an ethical dilemma when he becomes involved with a widow of a fallen officer.
As 'The Messenger' begins, the captain is joined by Staff Sergeant Will Montgomery (played by Ben Foster, who shone in 'Alpha Dog' and '3:10 to Yuma') -- a young man who has just recovered, physically anyway, from an explosive encounter in Baghdad that got a lot of his squad killed and gained him a medal. He's come back to find that his girlfriend (Jena Malone) is marrying somebody else. When he tries to relate to people, he tends to implode. Now he's assigned to spend his last three months of active duty with the captain, a shakily recovering alcoholic, who explains the rules and procedures of the difficult job of being (in the government euphemism) a Casualty Notification Officer, with grim, dictatorial bravado (Harrelson handling his "wild man" role with panache, restraint, and humor). You play it strictly by the book. You don't talk to anybody but the N.O.K. You do not wait around for the N.O.K. You get in, you say your piece, and you get out.
This is about the worst job you could imagine (or the Army could offer you), and, as shown here, downright dangerous. The N.O.K., especially if male, may not kill you, but they could very well physically attack you, and at the very least will launch into hysterics, or verbal abuse, or collapse and need immediate medical attention. Partly this movie is simply the study of a process most people don't know about, though again, they may not really want to know.
This is about the worst job you could imagine (or the Army could offer you), and, as shown here, downright dangerous. The N.O.K., especially if male, may not kill you, but they could very well physically attack you, and at the very least will launch into hysterics, or verbal abuse, or collapse and need immediate medical attention. Partly this movie is simply the study of a process most people don't know about, though again, they may not really want to know.
Release Name: The.Messenger.2009.LiMiTED.DVDSCR.XviD-DoNE
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Size: 699.92 MB
Video: XVID | 640×272 | 770 kbps
Audio: MP3 | 88 kbps | MONO
Language: English
Runtime: 113 min
Genre: Drama | Romance | War
IMDb Rating: 8.1/10 (660 votes)
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