I always thought of Joseph Gordon Levitt, of Stop-Loss, a shy geeky type, but in the new issue of GQ, he shows us that he can get down and dirty like the rest of them.

You can see Joseph Gordon Levitt along with some other hotties, like Ryan Phillipe and Channing Tatum, in the new war movie Stop-Loss.

In the movie Joseph has a standout performance harnessing complex rage; he plays a soldier suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, a condition he self-medicates by using his household appliances for target practice.

The film may be a tough sell with other Iraq-themed movies failing at the box office; however, Levitt is quick to point out that unlike some of those films, Stop-Loss isn’t a polemic: “The movie isn’t about geopolitics or oil.  It’s about staying alive and keeping your friends alive—it’s basic, and it’s in a man’s nature.” Still, what would Mom make of all this gunplay? “The more guns you’re around, the more likely you’re gonna get shot,” he says, pausing to smile: “But at the same time, they’re fun as hell to shoot.”