Clint Eastwood, Marsha Mason, Moses Gunn
A hard-nosed, hard-living Marine gunnery sergeant clashes with his superiors and his ex-wife as he takes command of a spoiled recon platoon with a bad attitude.
DVD Release Date: October 1, 2002
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May 7, 2008Clint Eastwood gives one of the best performances of his career. A wickedly funny and action-packed drama. A powerful, compelling and exhilerating movie.
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September 23, 2007A vintage Eastwood flick with plenty of one liners... I couldn't help but laugh and enjoy this film. (As a side note, a young man I graduated wtih had a cameo during a helicopter shot.)
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December 23, 2006More of the dumb machismo that hallmarks Clint's worst movie moments. Hideously cliched bootcamp movie in which veteran sergeant Eastwood whips a collection of wise asses into shape and wins their respect yadda yadda yadda... You can predict every line of the script without ever ...( read more)
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September 18, 2009This ok but wasn't Clint Eastwood best movies. The bootcamp scene parts few were funny but it was just Eastwoods character was voice annoying, on hard nut mode. When it reached the last hour the war just went pretty short, hmm wouldn't watch it again. Dismissed!
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August 21, 2009Ughhhh. Firstly, I guess it's my fault for watching this all the way through but c'mon.... Eastwood.... in a war movie, it's bound to be good right? Wrong! When this movie isn't pretending its Sgt. Bilko it acts like a really cheap warm up act for Full Metal Jacket (released a ye...( read more)
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July 10, 2009This is the tale of a Marine Corp lifer who, starting his last tour of duty before retirement, sees the bumpy road his life has taken become more complicated, due to feisty recruits,by-the-book officers and a salty ex-wife to whom he's still attracted.
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June 29, 2009One of the all time great war movies...I was in the service when this came out.
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