<P> The film tells the story of military police veteran Hank Deerfield (Tommy Lee Jones), his wife Joan (Susan Sarandon) and their search for their son Mike (Jonathan Tucker). A soldier recently returned from Iraq, Mike has suddenly gone missing . Deerfield's investigation is aided by a police detective (Charlize Theron), who becomes personally involved in the case . </P> <P> Mike's body is eventually found, dismembered and burned . Military officials initially attempt to block the police investigation; they suggest Mike's death was due to drug - related violence . His platoonmates who last saw him lie to Deerfield and the police . Deerfield tells the police that although he suspects the soldiers are lying about something, he believes they could not have killed their comrade . </P> <P> It turns out that Deerfield is wrong . The soldiers had killed and dismembered Mike after a seemingly insignificant quarrel . The soldier who confesses to Deerfield and the police seems emotionally detached from his words and actions, apparently to suggest he suffers post-traumatic stress disorder from events of the war . </P> <Ul> <Li> Tommy Lee Jones as Hank Deerfield </Li> <Li> Charlize Theron as Detective Emily Sanders </Li> <Li> Susan Sarandon as Joan Deerfield </Li> <Li> Jonathan Tucker as Mike "Doc" Deerfield </Li> <Li> James Franco as Sergeant First Class Dan Carnelli </Li> <Li> Josh Brolin as Sheriff Buchwald </Li> <Li> Frances Fisher as Eve </Li> <Li> Wayne Duvall as Detective Nugent </Li> <Li> Jason Patric as First Lieutenant Kirklander </Li> <Li> Victor Wolf as Private Robert Ortiz </Li> <Li> Brent Briscoe as Detective Hodge </Li> <Li> Greg Serano as Detective Manny Nuñez </Li> <Li> Barry Corbin as Arnold Bickman </Li> <Li> Brent Sexton as Lieutenant Burke </Li> <Li> Zoe Kazan as Angie </Li> <Li> Wes Chatham as Corporal Steve Penning </Li> <Li> Glenn Taranto as Detective Wayne </Li> <Li> Jake McLaughlin as Specialist Gordon Bonner </Li> <Li> Sean Huze as Captain Jim Osher </Li> <Li> Mehcad Brooks as Specialist Ennis Long </Li> <Li> Rick Gonzalez as Cute Phone Technician </Li> <Li> Jo Harvey Allen as Jo Anne </Li> <Li> Mike Hatfield as Jo Anne's Husband </Li> </Ul>

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