Ryan Phillippe on 'Flags of Our Fathers'

Delaware's Ryan Phillippe is the emotional anchor of "Flags of Our Fathers," an adaptation of the best-selling book about the men behind the famous flag-raising during the Battle of Iwo Jima.

Phillippe, who starred in last year's Academy Award-winning "Crash," gets another top-flight role as John "Doc" Bradley, a Navy Corpsman who treats the wounded, and happens to be there on the top of the mountain when the flag is raised. Phillippe is self-assured and smooth, but conveys Bradley's underlying reluctance to be be labeled a hero, and his vulnerability at seeing so many lives shattered.

If you see "Flags," make sure you stay through the credits to see B&W photos of the real men and the real battle. Most people stayed and were reverentially quiet as the photos changed.