From behind the barrels of their M16s, a platoon of men in fatigues and combat boots fight communists. But this isn’t a jungle in 1965 Vietnam. We’re in the woods of Oregon, present-day, and these brothers in arms are just pretending. In this ensemble film about a group of men reenacting America’s longest and most controversial war, we meet Doc, a former medic still plagued by nightmares after two tours of duty in Iraq; Sgt. Vinh, who fought for the South Vietnamese Army when he was seventeen; Bummy, a Vietnam vet who discovered the group while searching online for his former war buddies; and Tuna, a self-proclaimed war addict who started reenacting the Vietnam War as a teenager. Blurring the lines between fantasy and reality, In Country is ultimately about what compels these men to recreate the past—and what continues to draw many to war despite the grave consequences of participation.  EM