Tigerland

...this is a classy little film worthy of comparison with any other Vietnam flick.

Farrell takes Tigerland by the scruff of the neck and shakes it to life.

The result is a riot of swimming grain and blown-out images — it really does look like a guerrilla documentary, particularly since the talented cast is composed almost entirely of unknown faces.

...is as homoeroticas it is harrowing — and it's also undeniably powerful.