Rating: R
Genre:
Drama
Theatrical Release: 12/05/1986(USA)
Release Date: 10/01/2002
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol/Por/Japanese
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD1/DD5.1
Run Time: 130 Minutes
Flags: Brief Nudity, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Adult Language, War Violence
Distributor/Studio: Warner Home Video
Having spent much of his directorial career emulating
Don Siegel and
John Ford,
Clint Eastwood borrows a page from the catalogue of
Sam Fuller in
Heartbreak Ridge. Eastwood casts himself as an old-fashioned Marine Corps sergeant who is out of step with the new-fashioned military. He returns to his old outfit as a gunnery sergeant, where he runs afoul of 1980s-style superior officers to whom the words "Gung Ho" are foolish anachronisms. But through his tough tutelage, Eastwood's lackadaisical platoon is whipped into a first-rate fighting machine, favoring teamwork over such New Age gobbledygook as "self-fulfillment." Eastwood's men prove their mettle during the invasion of Grenada.
~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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