Hollywood star Ryan Phillippe has denied his new film Stop-Loss is playing on the anti-war feeling among many U.S. citizens, insisting it is quite the opposite. The Crash actor plays an Iraq War veteran in the Kimberly Peirce-directed film, who struggles to adapt to life back home after a first tour of duty - before he is unexpectedly sent back to the Middle East against his will.

Asked by an MTV reporter whether the movie is "just another anti-war film", he replies: "No, no... the film to me isn't anti-war. If anything, it's pro-military. It's told from the soldiers' perspective, and...