Brothers is a 2009 American psychological thriller film directed by Jim Sheridan and written by David Benioff. The film is a remake of the 2004 Danish film of the same name by Susanne Bier, and both films take inspiration from the epic poem Odyssey by Homer. Starring Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Natalie Portman, it follows Captain Sam Cahill (Maguire), a USMC officer who is captured by the Taliban after he is presumably killed in the War in Afghanistan. Upon being rescued and reunited with his brother Tommy (Gyllenhaal) and wife Grace (Portman), he suffers from severe PTSD as he struggles reintegrating into society.