Jarhead details
| Formats: | 15 DVD, Blu-ray |
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| Starring: | Matthew Ather, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jamie Foxx, Peter Sarsgaard, Jacob Vargas, Chris Cooper, Dennis Haysbert, Katherine Randolph, Skyler Stone, Mike Akrawi, Wade Williams, Matthew Atherton |
| Director: | Sam Mendes |
| Genres: | Action/Adventure - War, Drama - War |
| Studio: | UCA |
| Collections: | Top 400 All-Time Rentals |
| Name | Discs | |
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Jarhead |
15 Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 1 hour 58 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 30 May 2011 |
| Main languages: | English |
| Hearing impaired subtitles: | English |
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By Gideon Wellins from Manchester, England , 12 Jan 2006[Highly rated reviewer]
After running out of life options, Anthony Swofford (Jake Gyllenhall) has just joined the Marines. Under the tutelage of his commanding officers (including a pronounced Jamie Foxx), hazing from his fellow enlistees, and the promise of eventual freedom from the armed forces, Swofford loses himself in the experience of being a soldier. As Saddam Hussein invades Kuwait in 1990, Swofford and his squad are shipped over to the Middle East to await activation. Baffled by his new surroundings and unable to experience the violence of a soldier's life like he was promised, Swofford wanders though the first Gulf War disillusioned, bored, and angry as he waits for the meaning behind the madness to sink in.
'Jarhead' is a competent war film, detailing the era when computers and precision wrestled away the fighting from the grunts. Mendes is after the impotency (often literally) of the modern soldier, not the bigger political parallel of war in Iraq (though he does slip into speechifying and underlining here and there). In book form, Swofford's pathway was personal and focused. Regardless of how lush and fully realized the imagery is, 'Jarhead' as a movie is stuck permanently in basic training.
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(361)Realistic movie
By a customer , 07 Jul 2012If you're looking for an action movie then this isn't for you.
However if you want a realistic movie that shows a true account of serving in the Marines then this is the film for you.
The acting was top class, whole thing just felt very real and honest.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Excellent war movie – without much war!
By TheWatchman (488 reviews) from Suburbia , 04 Jun 2012I can take or leave war films, however, I have to say this one is pretty good, especially as it contains a real lack of any actual fighting.
It centres on one man’s – Anthony Swofford’s – personal tale of life in the modern (well, early nineties) American army. He’s not an officer, or in any particular position of authority – he’s a grunt, a foot-soldier, or a ‘Jarhead.’
After Saddam Hussein first invades Kuwait, the US ship out their Jarheads to wait for the order to attack. This is the story of the wait.
Therefore, we never see our Jarheads charging heroically over the top or anything similar. It’s just about the wait. Now, that may not sound like the most exciting premise for a movie, but I think that’s the point. Jarhead isn’t really meant to be exciting. It’s more of a drama about men from lower class America, who don’t really have many career options and enlist as a way of making a living.
I really enjoyed it. Jake Gyllenhaal gives a great performance as the put-upon Jarhead at the centre of the film and, overall, it’s well worth a watch, even if you’re not a fan of war movies in general.- Was this review helpful to you?
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NO ACTION
By Jake_S (1 review) , 06 May 2012THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS Show review anywayHide
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In your own time Jarhead
By Twickers73 (4 reviews) , 30 Mar 2012Until I held my cursor over the 2nd star I did not realise that the word dull is represeted by one and half stars, funnily that is exactly the word I would use to describe this film.
Nothing happens. Now I realise that 'nothingness' is an angle that the film is trying to portray but give me a break. There is little excitement or suspense and you are left waiting and waiting for the film to get going..........and then they come home.
Highly dissapointing im afraid.- Was this review helpful to you?
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oh dear
By blackboxarts (3 reviews) , 17 Dec 2011[Highly rated reviewer]
it takes so long to get going then nothing happens and then the credits roll, which is probably a good representation of the American presence in Kuwait. All bravado. Some good actors in this too which was a great shame. If you think its an action film it isn't at all.- Was this review helpful to you?
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