To enter competition visit website and simply leave the comment. Despite opening with every cliché under the sun, The Veteran shows promise in the early scenes as Miller (Toby Kebbell), a soldier freshly back from active duty in Afghanistan (and showing several signs of PTSD) finds himself out of place in a world which seemingly has no use for a man with his particular skill set. After falling into some kind of clandestine operation run by the shady brother of his friend, Miller finds himself tracking a terrorist operation, utilising the services of informant Alayna (Adi Bielski). While it’s not exactly new territory, there is enough there to craft a suitably interesting story, yet The Veteran is hampered by a secondary story involving Fahad (Ivanno Jeremiah), an old friend of Miller’s, who is having troubles with the local gang. The problems with the film become more apparent in the second act, as the two stories have little bearing on one another, and the plot becomes more and more convoluted to the point where there is no clear justification for Miller’s actions. As he learns more about the terrorist group, he becomes more attached to Alayna, yet never does their relationship feel genuine, or even likely. And the ham-fisted way the two stories are tied up at the conclusion, while offering a nice increase in pacing from the dull majority of the film, is so laughably random and full of plot holes that it’s ultimately pointless, which in a strange way is the point. Ending on such an ambiguous note however raises the question of what The Veteran was trying to say, and why it was made at all aside from cashing in on the success of Harry Brown, a much better film which obviously was this film’s biggest influence.
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