Who is Jerry in Badland?

Jamie Draven plays Jerry in the film.

What is Badland about?

Jerry is a Marine reservist who was a young patriot and idealist when he served in the first Gulf War. But when he is called up for deployment to Afghanistan and Iraq, Jerry is a father of three; older and embittered by a life besieged by broken promises, and unfulfilled desires. Jerry returns a changed man. He lives a life of poverty, his children afraid of his unexplained outbursts of rage, and his wife, Nora, hides money her sons earn from their paper route in case they need to leave. His failure as a man, his actions as a soldier, is the punishment which they share. He realizes that the respect and dignity he has spent his life trying to achieve will always elude him. Badland examines the aftermath of war on a returning Iraq war veteran and his family. It is the story of a man who loses his soul and how a daughter's love and faith brings redemption to his unspeakable crimes.

Badland

Name: Badland
Genre: Drama
Released: 2007-11-30
Rating: 60

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Who directed Badland?: Francesco Lucente

Who is Jerry in Badland?: Jamie Draven plays Jerry in the film.

What is Badland about?: Jerry is a Marine reservist who was a young patriot and idealist when he served in the first Gulf War. But when he is called up for deployment to Afghanistan and Iraq, Jerry is a father of three; older and embittered by a life besieged by broken promises, and unfulfilled desires. Jerry returns a changed man. He lives a life of poverty, his children afraid of his unexplained outbursts of rage, and his wife, Nora, hides money her sons earn from their paper route in case they need to leave. His failure as a man, his actions as a soldier, is the punishment which they share. He realizes that the respect and dignity he has spent his life trying to achieve will always elude him. Badland examines the aftermath of war on a returning Iraq war veteran and his family. It is the story of a man who loses his soul and how a daughter's love and faith brings redemption to his unspeakable crimes.