With Veteran’s Day coming up on November 11, I wanted to take a look at a couple military dramas that are available on streaming services. So, the first of two dramas that I checked out for Veteran’s Day is the 2017 film ‘Megan Leavey’.
This 2017 film is the true life story of Megan Leavey, a young Marine corporal whose unique discipline and bond with a military combat dog saved many lives during her deployment in Iraq.
Assigned to clean up the K9 unit after a disciplinary hearing, Leavey starts to identify with Rex, a particularly aggressive dog that she trains.
Over the course of their service, Megan and Rex complete more than 100 missions until an improvised explosive device injures both, putting their fates in jeopardy.
‘Megan Leavey’ is an uplifting story that delivers a good amount of emotion and seeing her story is really inspiring and extremely heart-felt.
This film shows us how Leavey enlists to get away from what seems to be a hopeless civilian life. Once she gets a disciplinary hearing due to some misappropriate behavior, Leavey begins to straighten her act and tries to ultimately prove that she has what it takes to be in the K9 military unit.
There are a few moments where we see the lengths Leavey takes herself in order to be with Rex and continue to train him, which can be inspiring. The film also shows us a few intense segments of Leavey and Rex working on their missions and ultimately getting injured.
‘Megan Leavey’ also dives into the effects of PTSD and how it affects someone. The film can also get rather emotional when Leavey does all she can to adopt Rex after he’s been retired, which for dog lovers, will probably have you tear up a little.
‘Megan Leavey’ is a bit of a hidden gem since the film received a slightly wide release during its initial theatrical run and slowly went away.
‘Megan Leavey’ can be rented through various online PVOD services and is currently available on Netflix.
‘Megan Leavey’ is rated PG-13 for war violence, language, suggestive material and thematic elements (116 minutes).
Much of the cast & crew were pleasantly surprised by Tom Felton's very convincing American accent, since they only remembered him from the Harry Potter movies where he used his normal accent.
Both Kate Mara and the real Megan Leavey were born in 1983 and grew up in the suburbs of New York City.
The real Megan Leavey has a cameo in the movie, as a drill instructor who gets in Kate Mara's character's face. She is credited as Female Drill Instructor #3.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megan_Leavey - this a link to find more information about the real Megan Leavey.
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