Esprit De Corps

I watched this on iwanttv thinking it was a movie about martial law. Turned out it is about sexual abuse happening in ROTC. An adaption from a play by the director, Auraeus Solito, he was able to come up with an entertaining movie. Having had training in college, the snappy salute, the parts of the gun, the toxic commandant are all too familiar. Fortunately, I didn't aspire to become an officer, I don't know how rampant this kind of treatment is in ROTC.

But this could very well be other forms of abuse, which should not be tolerated. There's also the discussion about abuse in the Catholic Church that is usually swept under the rug. The lead actors here were all good, especially Sandino Martin, who is convincing as a neophyte aspiring to become an officer. There are some frontal nudity, so not for kids.