Here, she plays a soldier who has gone from Iraq's battle zone to guard duty at Guantanamo Bay, where there are no prisoners, just detainees who aren't subject to the Geneva Convention. Her introduction to this new assignment is a violent takedown of a detainee, wherein four well-armored soldiers wrestle an angry inmate to the ground while cursing at him. After a kick to the face, a smiling peer snarks, "Welcome to Gitmo." Mocking and sexual harassment soon follows, which she handles with a cutting retort and nervous smirk. For years, Stewart has been mocked for her tight-lip countenance and signature smirks. But both now play as a tough veneer to a young woman who will do battle with her conscious to serve her country.
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