Tommy Lee Jones has been in some cracking good films lately, and this is one of them. Paul Haggis is a truly gifted writer/director and he really knows how to emotionally grip an audience. With Crash in 2005 he took the notion that racism is still alive and rampant in America and turned it into a poignant morality tale, he does the same with In the Valley Of Elah only replacing racism with crime in the military. This is a controversial theme especially within the last few years as the war on terror keeps escalating. The performances are perfect and I was especially surprised by some of the cameos included ( James Franco, Josh Brolin, and Jason Patrick) are just a few I noticed. Any way I can't really talk about the film if I don't want to spoil it and I don't all I can say is this is a must see that will leave a powerful impact on the viewer.