A young woman joins the military to be part of something bigger than herself and her small-town roots. Instead, she ends up as a new guard at Guantanamo Bay, where her mission is far from black and white. Surrounded by hostile jihadists and aggressive squadmates, she strikes up an unusual friendship with one of the detainees.
Directed by Peter Sattler
prisoner
military officer
guantanamo bay
female soldier
female protagonist
american abroad
military police
military
unlikely friendship
detainee
female
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3.3 / 5
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Cast
Kristen Stewart
Amy Cole
Payman Maadi
Ali
Lane Garrison
Randy
J. J. Soria
Rico
Ser'Darius Blain
Jackson
Cory Michael Smith
Bergen
Julia Duffy
Betty
John Carroll Lynch
Col. Drummond
Marco Khan
Mahmoud
Kyle Bornheimer
Night Shift C.O.
Nawal Bengholam
Newscaster
Tara Holt
Mary
Crew
James Laxton
Director of Photography
Richard Hicks
Casting
Adam Willis
Set Decoration
Mike Gioulakis
Gaffer
Sanaa Kelley
Foley
Popular Reviews
55 reviews
LeighPRO
8.0★ · 04/05/26
Shocked by how much I like this.
Shocked by how much I like this.
susPRO
7.0★ · 03/30/26
the notes??!? stoooop ittt.
the notes??!? stoooop ittt.
cormac
8.0★ · 12/18/25
really important, devastating, and unfortunately still relevant film
really important, devastating, and unfortunately still relevant film
brookePRO
7.0★ · 09/30/25
missed seeing kristen stewarts distressed face on screen :p
missed seeing kristen stewarts distressed face on screen :p
clint
4.1★ · 06/29/25
This feels like it was written with the intention of being a lot smarter in its metaphors than it actually is. It’s boring. Kristen Stewart is bad. Silly me was almost intrigued during the opening because I thought she was going to develop some kind of weird Stockholm romantic relationship. That would have been a lot more interesting. Instead it’s just the same repeated scenes over and over again in circles for 2 hours. I feel like everyone collectively agrees the American military was not particularly moral after 9/11 - do I need 2 hours of “metaphor” to get that across (Iraqi man has read Harry Potter which makes him more American)??
Near the end when she reaches in to the cell to grab his hand - that was good and probably the only time I felt any emotion whatsoever. Other than that this was a slog.
This feels like it was written with the intention of being a lot smarter in its metaphors than it actually is. It’s boring. Kristen Stewart is bad. Silly me was almost intrigued during the opening because I thought she was going to develop some kind of weird Stockholm romantic relationship. That would have been a lot more interesting. Instead it’s just the same repeated scenes over and over again in circles for 2 hours. I feel like everyone collectively agrees the American military was not particularly moral after 9/11 - do I need 2 hours of “metaphor” to get that across (Iraqi man has read Harry Potter which makes him more American)??
Near the end when she reaches in to the cell to grab his hand - that was good and probably the only time I felt any emotion whatsoever. Other than that this was a slog.
