Mike Deerfield returns to the U.S. after his tour of duty in Iraq and abruptly goes missing. His father Hank (Jones), a spit-and-polish ex-MP from the Vietnam era, goes looking for him. What he finds goes to the heart of American combat experiences in the Iraqi conflict. Academy Award®-winning Crash filmmaker Paul Haggis teams with Oscar®-winning* actors Tommy Lee Jones, Charlize Theron and Susan Sarandon in a probing and powerful look at a nation and the young soldiers it send into battle. Hank's quest lays bare a tangled web of cover-up, murder, mystery and profound revelation about the personal cost of war.
* Haggis: Best Picture (Producer) and Original Screenplay (with Bobby Moresco) for Crash (2005). Jones: Best Supporting Actor for The Fugitive (1993). Theron: Best Actress for Monster (2003). Sarandon: Best Actress for Dead Man Walking (1995).
| Tommy Lee Jones | Hank Deerfield |
| Charlize Theron | Det. Emily Sanders |
| Jason Patric | Lt. Kirklander |
| Susan Sarandon | Joan Deerfield |
| James Franco | Sgt. Dan Carnelli |
| Barry Corbin | Arnold Bickman |
| Josh Brolin | Chief Buchwald |
| Frances Fisher | Evie |
| Wes Chatham | Corporal Steve Penning |
| Jake McLaughlin | Spc. Gordon Bonner |
| Mehcad Brooks | Spc. Ennis Long |
| Jonathan Tucker | Mike Deerfield |
| Wayne Duvall | Detective Nugent |
| Victor Wolf | Private Robert Ortiez |
| Brent Briscoe | Detective Hodge |
| Greg Serrano | Detective Manny Nunez |
| Brent Sexton | Lt. Burke |
| Devin Brochu | David Sanders |
| Zoe Kazan | Angie |
| Glenn Taranto | Detective Wayne |
| Jennifer Siebel | Jodie |
| Joseph Bertót | School Janitor |
| Rick Gonzales | Phone Technician |
| Loren Haynes | Police Photographer |
| Babak Tafti | Iraqi Prisoner |
| Sean Huze | Captain Jim Osher |
| Jack Merrill | Medical Examiner |
| Kathy Lamkin | Chicken Shack Manager |
| David Doty | Truck Parts Salesman |
| Pab Schwendimann | Pussy's Bouncer |
| Josh Meyer | Joseph R. Millard |
| Arron Shiver | Cop |
| Jo Harvey Allen | Jo Anne |
| Chris Browning | Checker Box Bartender |
| David House | Morgue Officer |
| Matt Page | Guard |
| Pierre Barrera | TD's Bartender |
| Mike Hatfield | Jo Anne's Husband |
| James Haggis | Soccer Ball Player |
| Randall Adams | New Recruit |
| Hans Steckly | Corporal Steckly |
| Stan Wlodkowski | Executive Producer |
| David Garrett | Executive Producer |
| Erik Feig | Executive Producer |
| James Holt | Executive Producer |
| Emilio Diez Barroso | Executive Producer |
| Bob Hayward | Executive Producer |
| Andrew Matosich | Executive Producer |
| Roger Deakins | Director of Photography |
| Jo Francis | Film Editor |
| Mark Isham | Composer |
| Wylie Stateman | Supervising Sound Editor |
| William Sarokin | production sound mixer |
| Scott Martin Gershin | Sound Designer |
| Laurence Bennett | Production Designer |
| Lisa Jensen | Costume Designer |
| Bill Kent | Visual Effects |
| Greg Hooper | Art Director |
| Tarra Day | Make-Up Artist |
| Lisa Blair Leonard | Make-Up Artist |
| Matthew Mungle | Make-up Effects |
