Posts Tagged ‘marine-corps-us’

Full Metal Jacket (1987)

Saturday, November 29th, 2008
Genres: Drama | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Matthew Modine | Adam Baldwin | Vincent D'Onofrio | R. Lee Ermey | Dorian Harewood | Kevyn Major Howard | Arliss Howard | Ed O'Ross | John Terry | Kieron Jecchinis | Kirk Taylor | Tim Colceri | Jon Stafford | Bruce Boa | Ian Tyler
Directors: Stanley Kubrick
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Full Metal Jacket begins by following the trials and tribulations of a platoon of fresh Marine Corps recruits focusing on the relationship between Gunnery Sergeant Hartman and Privates Pyle and Joker. We see Pyle grow into an instrument of death as Hartman has forseen of all of his recruits. Through Pyle’s torment and Joker’s unwillingness to stand up against it the climax of part one is achieved with all three main characters deciding their fates by their action or inaction. The second chapter of Full Metal Jacket delves into Joker’s psyche and the repeated referal to the fact that he joined the Corps to become a killer. When his mostly behind the scenes job as a combat correspondant is interfered with by the Tet offensive he is thrust into real combat and ultimately must choose if he really is a killer.

Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)

Thursday, July 10th, 2008
Genres: Action | Drama | Romance | War
Countries: USA
Actors: John Wayne | John Agar | Forrest Tucker | Wally Cassell | James Brown | Richard Webb | Arthur Franz | James Holden | Peter Coe | Richard Jaeckel | William Murphy | George Tyne | Hal Baylor | John McGuire | Martin Milner
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John Marion Stryker is the ultimate Marine, a tough rifle squad leader who in 1943 is assigned a squad of new recruits saddled with three veterans and an old enemy of Stryker’s from previous duties in the Far East. One recruit in particlar is a source of friction with Stryker, Peter Conway, whose father was Stryker’s CO at Guadalcanal and who felt his son was too soft and cowardly to be a Marine. The squad grows more and more resentful at Stryker’s increasingly brutal training regimen and his lack of sympathy for the varied personal problems of the recruits, but his determination to mold them into fighting men helps save their lives when the squad is landed at Tarawa in November 1943 and Stryker risks his life to blow up a Japanese bunker that has slaughtered Marines trapped at a log wall. The now battle-tested squad becomes more closely-knit and Stryker’s relationship with the men warms as the squad eventually finds itself in the bloodiest island battle of the war, at Iwo Jima.

Born on the Fourth of July (1989)

Sunday, August 26th, 2007
Genres: Biography | Drama | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Tom Cruise | Raymond J. Barry | Caroline Kava | Josh Evans | Jamie Talisman | Anne Bobby | Samantha Larkin | Tom Berenger | Frank Whaley | Jerry Levine | Richard Panebianco | Rob Camilletti | Stephen Baldwin | Michael McTighe | Richard Haus
Directors: Oliver Stone
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The biography of Ron Kovic. Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, he becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for.

Few Good Men, A (1992)

Wednesday, August 15th, 2007
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Tom Cruise | Jack Nicholson | Demi Moore | Kevin Bacon | Kiefer Sutherland | Kevin Pollak | James Marshall | J.T. Walsh | Christopher Guest | J.A. Preston | Matt Craven | Wolfgang Bodison | Xander Berkeley | John M. Jackson | Noah Wyle
Directors: Rob Reiner
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In this dramatic courtroom thriller, Lt. Daniel Kaffee (Tom Cruise), a Navy lawyer who has never seen the inside of the courtroom, defends two stubborn Marines (Wolfgang Bodison and James Marshall) who have been accused of murdering a colleague. He (Cruise) is known as being lazy and had arranged for a plea bargain. Downey’s (Marshall) Aunt Ginny appoints Cmdr. Galloway (Demi Moore) to represent him. Also on the legal staff is Lt. Sam Weinberg (Kevin Pollak). The team rounds up many facts and Kaffee is discovering that he is really cut out for trial work. The defense is originally based upon the fact that PFC Santiago, the victim, was given a “CODE RED”. Santiago was basically a screw-up. At Gitmo, screw-ups aren’t tolerated. Especially by Col. Nathan Jessup (Jack Nicholson). In Cuba, Jessup and two senior officers (J.T. Walsh and Kiefer Sutherland) try to give all the help they can, but Kaffee knows something’s fishy. In the conclusion of the film, the fireworks are set off by a confrontation between Jessup and Kaffee.

Windtalkers (2002)

Saturday, May 5th, 2007
Genres: Action | Drama | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Nicolas Cage | Adam Beach | Peter Stormare | Noah Emmerich | Mark Ruffalo | Brian Van Holt | Martin Henderson | Roger Willie | Frances O'Connor | Christian Slater | Jason Isaacs | Billy Morts | Cameron Thor | Kevin Cooney | Holmes Osborne
Directors: John Woo
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WWII. Joe Enders, a decorated Marine who is by-the-book to a fault, is just coming back on duty (by cheating on his medical tests). “Ox” Anderson, much greener, is also getting the same new task: Protect the Navajo codetalkers (Ben Yahzee and Charles Whitehorse, respectively). While Enders is initially frustrated with his assignment, his respect grows as the codetalkers prove their worth in the brutal battle to take Saipan.

Stateside (2004)

Friday, May 4th, 2007
Genres: Drama
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Rachael Leigh Cook | Jonathan Tucker | Agnes Bruckner | Val Kilmer | Joe Mantegna | Carrie Fisher | Diane Venora | Ed Begley Jr. | Michael Goduti | Daniel Franzese | Paul Le Mat | Bridget Barkan | Billy Lush | Brian Geraghty | Joanne Pankow
Directors: Reverge Anselmo
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A love story about two imperfect teenagers who find perfect love. The film follows the story of two teenagers from different worlds—Mark Deloach and Dori Lawrence—as their lives quickly spiral out of control. The rebellious but privileged Mark delves into dangerous antics resulting in a nearly fatal drunk driving accident, and Dori Lawrence, a wild actress and singer slowly loses touch with reality as she suffers from schizophrenia. Forced to straighten out their lives, Mark is sent to join the Marines and Dori is admitted into a mental hospital. In the midst of life’s chaos, Mark and Dori are drawn to each other, recognizing their mutual desperation for love and understanding. Despite pressure from both their friends and family to keep their distance, they maintain their bond. While they fail to fix what’s broken in each of their lives, they find comfort in each other’s faults and have faith that their unconditional love will eventually heal their deep seeded wounds.

Major Payne (1995)

Friday, March 16th, 2007
Genres: Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: Damon Wayans | Ross Bickell | Scott 'Bam Bam' Bigelow | Joda Blaire | Orlando Brown | Peyton Chesson-Fohl | Stephen Coleman | Mark Conway | David DeHart | Joshua Todd Diveley | Robert Faraoni Jr. | Michael Gabel | Albert Hall | William Hickey | Michael Ironside
Directors: Nick Castle
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Major Benson Winifred Payne is being discharged from the Marines. Payne is a killin’ machine, but the wars of the world are no longer fought on the battlefield. A career Marine, he has no idea what to do as a civilian, so his commander finds him a job - commanding officer of a local school’s JROTC program, a bunch or ragtag losers with no hope. Using such teaching tools as live grenades and real bullets, Payne starts to instill the corp with some hope. But when Payne is recalled to fight in Bosnia, will he leave the corp who has just started the believe in him, or will he find out that killin’ ain’t much of a livin’?