UnowPriceless hyped garbage

Huievest Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

Voxitype Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

Plustown A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.

dennis-lemar I just got my DVD from the store today. It was in a collection of Army movies, including "Tigerland" and "Behind Enemy Lines", it was an awesome 3 package DVD set that I couldn't pass up. I couldn't wait to come home and watch "Approaching Midnight" on DVD and let me say the special features are a surefire hit! Jana Kramer has a behind the scenes tour of the set where she shows you her costumes and talks about her character and gives us a tour of the craft service table too. LOL. I am a huge country music fan, and I saw Jana live in concert, she's a wonderful musician but an even better actress. In the film her character is so gentle and sweet, yet fiery and emotional that the love story works and when the love triangle is made when adding Michelle Balser's character of Natalie into the mix, it creates some on screen chemistry in a frustratingly amazing way. Not to mention, Mia Serafino's amazing performance as a daddy's girl who believes her father no matter what the cost to the rest of her town. She reminded me of a young I really enjoyed the villains in the movie as well, because they were humanized and we really felt bad for a couple of them. I give it a 9 out of 10.

zinkel95 This was an awesome film. I was very impressed with the way the film had the ability to hit. There were a lot of scenes where it was entirely possible to relate to the characters, despite the fact that the scenario might not relate to me directly. To me, this is a sign of good writing. The ability to develop characters who you almost feel as if you know them is a dying art. The use of flashbacks was very good. I was totally on board with the way the story progress in that sense. To me, the flashbacks were what gave the film more of a structure. Each time more information came out, it became a bit more clear as to what was going on with the big picture. Well done Sam! 10/10 from me!

zelewskijohn It was difficult to watch this movie. The script concept was weak and not very original. This same plot has been done before going all the way back to the 1970's with returning vets discovering corruption back home. The dialog is trite and uncomfortable, often without any attempt at an authentic southern accent on the part of the actors. The camera work shows no creativity or careful thought. at times it looked as if they just set it up anywhere and just shot. But by far the editing is the worst of the lot. The scenes often hold on something unimportant (like a door) as if something else will happen, and then nothing does. Cuts within scenes often make little sense and we are left confused by the choices. When you put this all together you end up with a story you know could have been told better, characters that you don't really care about, and in the end you realize the whole thing was a complete waste of time.

ronaldhilliard2 This film was truly superior in it's cinematography, acting and "007" like editing effects. The romance between Staff Sergeant Wesley Kent (Sam Logan Khaleghi), Aspen Malverne (Jana Kramer- TV's "One Tree Hill") was flirtatiously awesome and adding the character of Natalie Church (Michelle Balser) into the mix created an awesome "post-potential" love triangle. If you are a fan of the shaky camera thing (which is in all the Bourne movies) then you may not like this, because thankfully, some indie films like this one have returned to the smooth style of peaceful and horizontal cinematography and camera work, which is accredited to Carl Ballou (the movie's DP, who has done such provoking work as music videos for Eminem and the upcoming Luc Besson (The Fifth Element) Brick Mansion's'. I really thought this was a great movie, There seems to be a reviewer who keeps adding negative spam here, obsessed with the location of the film (the location of the movie is set in a fictional 'All America' village) ... but frankly speaking, I am from Michigan and I support movie's that are made in Michigan, it's a hard task to make a film let alone so many veterans who participated in the making of this picture. Aside from that fact, the film is genuinely good, in every way. The acting is natural and legit, the action sequences are demonstrated and all around positive story. Yes the film is rated MPAA PG, so I agree, families can enjoy without worrying about the action and gunplay being too much for young audiences.