The true story of Marine Corporal Megan Leavey, who forms a powerful bond with an aggressive combat dog, Rex. While deployed in Iraq, the two complete more than 100 missions and save countless lives, until an IED explosion puts their faithfulness to the test.
Directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite
human animal relationship
biography
based on true story
iraq war veteran
female soldier
iraq war
dog
animals
german shepherd
u.s. marine
purple heart
woman director
war dog
pets
wistful
compassionate
informative
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Letterboxd
3.3 / 5
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Cast
Kate Mara
Megan Leavey
Ramón Rodríguez
Matt Morales
Tom Felton
Sergeant Andrew Dean
Bradley Whitford
Bob
Will Patton
Jim
Sam Keeley
Sills
Common
Gunny Martin
Edie Falco
Jackie Leavey
Damson Idris
Lt. Michael Forman
Shannon Tarbet
Barb
Alex Hafner
ECP Sgt Sanders
Parker Sawyers
Navy Corpsman
Crew
Gabriela Cowperthwaite
Director
Annie Mumolo
Writer
Mark Isham
Original Music Composer
Scott Holroyd
Executive Producer
Karin Justman
Stunts
Nik Schodel
Stunts
Elitsa Razheva
Stunts
Nikki Tomlinson
Stunts
Marina Yordanova
Stunt Double
Alison Semenza
Unit Production Manager
G. Peter King
Stunt Coordinator
Rafa Jannone
Art Direction
Popular Reviews
74 reviews
shelbyPRO
2.0★ · 01/16/26
watched in class w my teacher (god bless him) pointing everything out every minute
booorrringgg military slop!!! i loved the dog tho sweet baby angel. also just realized kate mara was in this??? ennis’ daughter in brokeback mountain??? what!!!!!
watched in class w my teacher (god bless him) pointing everything out every minute
booorrringgg military slop!!! i loved the dog tho sweet baby angel. also just realized kate mara was in this??? ennis’ daughter in brokeback mountain??? what!!!!!
miray
6.0★ · 08/26/25
#kopegimedokunma
#kopegimedokunma
Zeynep
7.2★ · 02/22/25
Nobody does military propaganda like the good ol’ us of a
Nobody does military propaganda like the good ol’ us of a
Vini
6.0★ · 01/24/25
Tá bão Um filme sobre guerra bastante diferente
Tá bão Um filme sobre guerra bastante diferente
Jacob Grabeel III
4.6★ · 01/12/25
I was kind of hoping this would be an emotional tearjerker about a dog, but it never got there for me. I just feel like Kate Mara was miss casted; I really could not really get into this performance from her. I do love a dog movie though.
I was kind of hoping this would be an emotional tearjerker about a dog, but it never got there for me. I just feel like Kate Mara was miss casted; I really could not really get into this performance from her. I do love a dog movie though.