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Basic |
| Rated
R |
| Runtime:
1hr 45min |
| Starring:
John Travolta, Samuel L Jackson, Connie Nielsen, Harry Connick
Jr., Taye Diggs |
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MFG
Rating: 4/5
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With
John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson in a movie together you know
it has to be a good one, and Basic doesn't disappoint.
A
group of six army rangers are dropped in the jungle during a hurricane
for a training exercise and only two come out alive. Not only that,
but they weren't fighting an outside enemy, they were fighting each
other. This is all too much for the base commander to handle on
his own, and when one of the captured rangers insists that he will
only talk to another ranger he calls in his old buddy Tom Hardy
(John Travolta).
Tom
is a DEA agent with a shaky reputation who is currently under investigation
for bribery. No matter though, he's an ex-ranger (who apparently
was kicked out for some reason) and a great interrogator. At this
point the movie finally gets started with Tom quizzing the prisoner
and us getting to see what happened via flashbacks during the story.
At
this point I need to stop telling story points as there are more
than a few plot twists along the way, and just at the point where
you think you've figured it all out it will throw another one at
you. This isn't a great movie, but it was enjoyable and much more
interesting than the dreadful Tears
of the Sun, thus we're giving it 4 stars.
-
John
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Gun Play
There's
some shooting, but that's not the focus of the movie.
Blood & Gore
People
do bleed when shot.
Car Chases
There's
a car following another car at one point...
T&A
Nope,
nada, none.
Chuckles
Basic
doesn't take itself lightly. |
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