| The Veteran (TV film) | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Sidney J. Furie |
| Starring | Ally Sheedy Bobby Hosea Michael Ironside Casper Van Dien Colin Glazer Sean Baek Jim Codrington Donald Burda |
| Country of origin | Canada United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Curtis Petersen |
| Cinematography | David Mitchell Curtis Petersen |
| Running time | 90 mins |
| Distributor | Anchor Bay Entertainment (USA) Momentum Pictures (UK) |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Under Heavy Fire |
The Veteran is a 2006 American made-for-TV war film directed by Sidney J. Furie. It stars Ally Sheedy, Bobby Hosea, Michael Ironside, Casper Van Dien, Colin Glazer, Sean Baek, Jim Codrington and Donald Burda. It is a follow up to Under Heavy Fire.
The film is the third in Sidney J. Furie's Vietnam War trilogy along with 1977's The Boys in Company C and 2001's Under Heavy Fire, resembling Oliver Stone and his Vietnam War trilogy of 1986's Platoon, 1989's Born on the Fourth of July and 1993's Heaven & Earth.
30 years since the Fall of Saigon, Ray Watson (played by Bobby Hosea from Under Heavy Fire), a Vietnam War veteran now working as a reverend, returns to Vietnam once again. When he arrives at his hotel room, he gets an unexpected visit from another veteran (played by Michael Ironside), who claims to be one of Ray's old comrades from Echo Company. Ray doesn't remember him, so he starts to remind him about the time that they served together. Meanwhile, government agent Sara Reid (played by Ally Sheedy) and her colleagues from the Vietnam Veterans Action Committee are in the hotel opposite secretly listening in to the conversation between the two veterans as they are assigned to search for a missing soldier.