Rent Resurrected (1989)

Unique look at combat PTSD - Resurrected review by AER

This forgotten Channel Four film offers an insight into a soldier's PTSD. Pvt Deakin (DAVID THEWLIS) goes MIA during the Falklands only to turn up safe and sound seven weeks later. His family had already given him a funeral. At first he is proclaimed a hero but then the UK press turn on him, putting the seed into people's heads that he deserted the battle field. His fellow soldiers welocme him back with suspicion, and he also returns home a changed man. It's an interesting film with committed performances. It's based on a true story and was worth the telling. It's solid and holds no surprises. It's not very cinematic, although it wasn't produced as a TV film. This was director Paul Greengrass' (The Bourne trilogy / Green Zone) debut and he showed a lot of promise. It still stands up to day, even though it's style is of British movies made in the 1980s. Great support from Tom Bell, Rita Tushingham, Christopher Fulford, David Lonsdale, and Rudi Davies (as Deakin's understanding girlfriend). Look out for young Steve Coogan in a background role.