The War (1994) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

1994 · 126 mins · English

Directed by

Jon Avnet

Starring

Lucas Black, Nick Searcy, Christine Baranski, Mare Winningham, Kevin Costner, Elijah Wood

Set in the Deep South of the 1970s, the film follows a young boy whose father, a Vietnam‑war veteran, returns home haunted by post‑traumatic stress disorder. As the boy faces relentless neighborhood bullies, he must grapple with his father's hidden trauma while coming of age in a turbulent era.