Quartile rating: 5.5/10 · 1 rating
When a young soldier in Vietnam gets dumped by his hometown girl, he and his best friend decide to go AWOL and return to the States to win her back.
Love and Honor is a fairly formulaic romantic drama that uses the Vietnam War as a backdrop without deeply engaging with its complexities. The plot — two soldiers going AWOL to win back a girlfriend — is straightforward and predictable, hitting familiar beats of the era romance genre. The acting from Liam Hemsworth and Teresa Palmer is competent but unremarkable, lacking the depth needed to elevate the material. Cinematography is serviceable but undistinguished for the period setting. The film offers little novelty, recycling familiar anti-war romance tropes without a distinctive voice or fresh perspective. The ending resolves in a predictable, safe manner consistent with the rest of the film's conventional approach. Overall a middling effort that neither embarrasses nor distinguishes itself in any particular category.