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Colin Farrell (Phone Booth, Hart's War) garnered a Best Actor Award from The Boston Society of Film Critics for his star-making performance in this riveting, action film from acclaimed director Joel Schumacher.Just released from the base stockade, brash, charismatic recruit Roland Bozz (Farrell) joins a platoon of young soldiers preparing to ship out to Vietnam. Bozz's independence and outright defiance draws fire from his own men as well as commanding officers who can't afford conflict in the middle of a war. But when the platton is sent to Tigerland, a hellish training ground that is the last stop before Vietnam, Bozz's leadership and character bring his men together - triggering extraordinary consequences. (official distributor synopsis)

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