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A Few Good Men
1992
When two marines are charged with murdering a member of their platoon during an unsanctioned disciplinary action in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the armed forces hire a lieutenant they believe is a lightweight defense attorney. Lieutenant Daniel Kaffee (Tom Cruise) prides himself in having successfully plea-bargained every one of his .. Read more
| Starring | Jack Nicholson, Tom Cruise, Demi Moore, Kevin Bacon |
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| Director | Rob Reiner |
| Genres | Drama |
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A Few Good Men
When two marines are charged with murdering a member of their platoon during an unsanctioned disciplinary action in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the armed forces hire a lieutenant they believe is a lightweight defense attorney. Lieutenant Daniel Kaffee (Tom Cruise) prides himself in having successfully plea-bargained every one of his 44 cases and would just as well make this one his 45th. However, ambitious internal affairs officer Lieutenant Commander Jo Ann Galloway (Demi Moore) smells a rat in the form of a hushed-up practice known as Code Red and, furious at Kaffee's halfhearted efforts, gets hired as the younger cadet's defender. Aided by Lt. Com. Galloway's prodding, Lt. Kaffee begins to realize the rottenness of the whole affair and sets to take on the whole Guantanamo Bay marine corps and its codes, a decision that makes inevitable a ferocious head-to-head showdown with an immovable force. Irascible Colonel Nathan Jessup (Jack Nicholson, in one of the most striking performances of his fabled career) heads the Cuban marine base and is on the cusp of appointment to the National Security Council. Jessup embodies both the necessity and the evil in necessary evil and does not take lightly to anyone questioning his or his corps' methods. Aaron Sorkin's script is adapted from his own gripping award-winning Broadway play and is skillfully brought to the screen by director Rob Reiner.
| Starring | Jack Nicholson, Tom Cruise, Demi Moore, Kevin Bacon, Kevin Pollak, James Marshall |
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| Director | Rob Reiner |
| Studio | COLUMBIA TRI-STAR HOME VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 12 mins Blu-ray: 2 hrs 12 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English Blu-ray: English |
| Dubbed | French, German |
| Subtitles | DVD: Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish, Turkish |
| Released | DVD: 18 Feb 2002 Blu-ray: 03 Dec 2007 Production year: 1992 |
| Format | DVD |
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The ultimate rebel Jack Nicholson has a ball playing the ultimate establishment figure in this star-laden, rather old-fashioned courtroom drama. In fact, Nicholson's role as the obsessive, hard-nosed marine officer is little more than a scene-stealing cameo — the two leads are Tom Cruise and Demi Moore, who play naval lawyers trying to discover the truth behind the death of a marine. It's crisply directed by Rob Reiner, who once again shows that he is comfortable with numerous styles of film-making, and, if it becomes a little talky at times, the climactic fireworks between Nicholson and Cruise make for compulsive viewing. The fine supporting cast includes Kevin Bacon, Kevin Pollak and JT Walsh, and there's also a chilling cameo from Kiefer Sutherland.
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Slick, engrossing courtroom drama, in which audiences can cheer the hero and hiss the villain, even though it seems little more than a more portentous re-run of The Caine Mutiny.
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10 out of 10 people found this review helpful
One of my all time faves
I was surprised that nobody had submitted a review for this movie, I guess because its fairly old now.
Jack Nicholson plays the Commander of the Marine training facility in Guantanamo Bay Cuba. The Marines are a tough crowd and they don't take kindly to those who don't make the grade.
Santiago is a kid who is not cut out to be a Marine and on the night before he is to leave Guantanamo he dies.
Two Marines go on trial for his murder. There is suspicion that Santiago has been killed as part of a code of honour.
The trial is expected to be an open and shut case, the prosecutor (Bacon) offers a simple plea bargain, the two Marines get dishonourably discharged and everyone can get on with their lives. The only trouble is the Marines maintain they did nothing wrong, they were following a code of honour.
The defence Council (Tom Cruise) thinks otherwise as he begins to suspect that the Base Commander may have been involved.
The plot develops at a good pace as Tom Cruise gathers more and more evidence. You have to be very very careful if your going to challenge a General as noteable a war hero as the base Commander.
All he has to do is to find a way to get the base Commander to give evidence.
This is one hell of a film. My wife and I have watched five or six times to the point where we know the script by heart. Look out for the line from Nicholson, 'you want me on that wall, you need me on that wall....' It will make sense when you see it.
Each time it gets better and better. So good, we had to buy it for the collection.
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8 out of 9 people found this review helpful
HOW GREAT FILMS SHOULD BE.
THIS IS A CLASSIC. A COMBINATION OF SEVERAL FANTASTIC ACTORS GIVING GREAT PERFORMANCES. IF YOU LIKED TOM CRUISE IN 'THE FIRM' THEN YOU MUST WATCH THIS. A GREAT COURTROOM DRAMA WITHOUT ALL THE BORING STUFF. JACK NICOLSON PORTRAYS HIS ROLE AS HIGH RANKING MARINE COMMANDER,WITH EXCELLENCE (THIS IS A SERIOUS NICOLSON, NOT LIKE THE POOR FILMS HE HAS APPEARED IN RECENTLY). OTHER BIG NAMES INCLUDE DEMI MOORE, KEVIN BACON, KIETHER SUTHERLAND AND A VERY SMALL CAMEO FROM CUBA GOODING JR. GREAT DIALOG THRUGHOUT THE FILM WHICH ARE NOW COMONLY REMEMBERED INCLUDING 'YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH'. A MUST TO WATCH. THIS IS A FILM THAT YOU WILL NEVER TIRE OF WATCHING. PLEASE, IF YOU ARE ONE OF THE FEW PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT SEEN THIS (LIKE MY WIFE WHO LOVED IT) THEN WATCH IT SOON, IT WILL NOT DISAPPOINT. 5 STAR.
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A Few Good Men
When two marines are charged with murdering a member of their platoon during an unsanctioned disciplinary action in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the armed forces hire a lieutenant they believe is a lightweight defense attorney. Lieutenant Daniel Kaffee (Tom Cruise) prides himself in having successfully ...
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