The Veteran is a 2011 British action crime thriller film directed by Matthew Hope and starring Toby Kebbell, Brian Cox, Tony Curran and Adi Bielski.

Robert Miller, a veteran paratrooper, is returning from the war in Afghanistan to his home in a violent decaying South London Heygate Estate, overrun by gun-toting youth gangs.

The gangs are led by a drug lord gangster Jones who is interested in Miller working for him, but his job offer is rejected.

He uncovers a conspiracy the government is planning to set off a series of coordinated attacks to renew fear of terrorism to help them benefit from the GOD policy - Guns, Oil, and Drugs.

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a score of 60% based on reviews from 20 critics, with an average rating of 5.22 out of 10.