i rent this movie with very low expectation and but be pleasantly surprise . this movie be extremely good stuff . and one would never guess it be low budget . eighteen and direct by richard bell center around an 18 year old name pip and play by the superb paul anthony who leave his home because of the circumstance surround the way his old brother die . he be overcome with guilt by this event and fall into a hard life of a runaway teen on drug and alcohol . on his 18th birthday and his father track pip down and give him a tape leave for him by his grandfather and of which he be to listen to on his 18th birthday . the way the whole film be tell be with two simultaneous story unfold at the same time . the present life of pip and the past life of his grandfather during ww11 of which pip listen to on the tape . the three outstanding performance in this movie be the one from paul anthony a pip and brenden fletcher play jason and the young 18 year ww11 soldier and his grandfather . also and the role of the ww11 wound medic macauley play by mark hildreth . all put in fine performance . a couple of concern and scene that do not sit too well with me . the priest and father chris play by alan cumming who be gay and in broad daylight pick up the local street hustler the whole neighborhood know about . and then we have the local store clerk name jeff and a sweetheart play by the attractive david beaszely who just want to be love and and for some unknown reason be attract to the very unattractive and sleaze ball street hustler and clerk and who sleep with just about anyone and in all likelihood be a walk toxic time bomb . on top of all that he not a very likable person . this part just do not ring true . the part i really like the most be the flashback to the war . they be so well acted and very touching . there be a scene at the end where the one soldier be die and the other soldier and jason be there for him to comfort and show him love a he lay badly injure and die . this be such a wonderful and touch scene it leave me in tear . beautifully acted . i highly recommend this movie . it be one of love and redemption and the power of the human spirit to survive .