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2004

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U.S. Army Major Bennett Marco (Washington) can't sleep at night - and he doesn't want to. Marco spends his days giving inspiring speeches about his platoon's ambush in the Kuwaiti desert and the heroics of Sergeant Raymond Shaw (Schreiber), who won the Medal of Honor for saving Marco's crew. But at night, Marco's dreamlike .. Read more

Starring	Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep, Liev Schreiber, Kimberly Elise
Director	Jonathan Demme
Genres	Drama, Thriller

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- Slick thriller that de-fangs the original, removing its paranoia about the political process and replacing it with something less topical and more amorphous; on its own terms it's watchable, but it's no more than another disposable high-tech thriller.
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- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:44
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  A bland remake of a classic film
  
  The fact that Jonathan Demme's remake doesn't live up to the original comes as little surprise, unfortunately the film fails to impress even when taken ... read more »
  
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  - Philip Concannon
  - London
  - 05 Feb 2005 at 20:08
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  - 0
  good film
  
  Read the reviews, but thought that I would give it a go anyway
  
  and it was better than I thought it would, it held your interest
  
  I had not ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 17 Apr 2012 at 11:26
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  What a stodgy lot of nonsense
  
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  Jez this is a long film! I watched it in 3 sittings to avoid dozing off. I will have to see the original to find out if that is any better, as this was really ... read more »
  
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- - Whippet9
  - 82 reviews
  - Brighton
  - 29 Sep 2011 at 00:33
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  See the original first
  
  Not as good as the original - yes, I know that's corny, but it simply isn't. Some weird jump-cuts in the editing; my guess is that it had some heavy ... read more »
  
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- - MeadowScreen
  - 8 reviews
  - Braintree
  - 08 Sep 2011 at 17:16
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  - 1
  Not Denzel's finest
  
  This should have been a fantastic film but as it happens is not one of Denzel's best. Film was boring in parts but we watched through to the end. ... read more »
  
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- - Moggys
  - 1 review
  - 01 Aug 2011 at 08:25
- - 1
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  Prime Candidate
  
  Denzel Washington, ever reliable, does man on the edge with panache in this twisting political thriller, updating the 1962 Frank Sinatra / Laurence Harvey / ... read more »
  
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- - Robinski
  - 142 reviews
  - Glasgow
  - 18 Jul 2011 at 13:59
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  Give it a watch
  
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  this Film is a good watch something to give a go. especial if you are in to conspiracy theory. it touches events that happened within the 70s and 80s with ... read more »
  
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- - Tribuner
  - 7 reviews
  - London
  - 25 Jun 2011 at 13:10
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  - 0
  Better then average
  
  Better then average thriller - mainly thanks to the acting - Streep is always on form. Very watch able, Unless you dislike the everyone's out to get me ... read more »
  
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- - NickySpyderpyg
  - 9 reviews
  - 31 May 2011 at 20:05
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  Very good film
  
  Excellent film, brilliantly acted and directed. Nice soundtrack too! Watched on 'Watch Now' and it suffered quite badly from pixelation. Far worse than ... read more »
  
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- - A1anSmithee
  - 3 reviews
  - 18 May 2011 at 20:29
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  - 1
  this film is ok
  
  its ok but not that good some parts are boring but if you like then rent it it has a good actor in it the story is ok
  
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- - arshid
  - 136 reviews
  - Woking
  - 11 Mar 2011 at 17:42
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  Bit slow at 1st
  
  The film started off a bit slow at 1st, but started to get what it was about again Mr Washington acting was great would recommend this movie
  
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- - sweetness26
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  - 06 Mar 2011 at 20:07
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- - 45
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  A bland remake of a classic film
  
  The fact that Jonathan Demme's remake doesn't live up to the original comes as little surprise, unfortunately the film fails to impress even when taken ... read more »
  
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- 70108
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  - Philip Concannon
  - London
  - 05 Feb 2005 at 20:08
- - 19
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  Very entertaining!
  
  Being a great admirer of the original film with Frank Sinatra, I was curious as to how well this re-make would be.
  
  Despite knowing the plot from the ... read more »
  
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- - coleford
  - Somerset
  - 15 Apr 2005 at 20:46
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  Not what you'd expect from the title
  
  I was very surprised to discover a conspiracy film that has a lot of suspense, a bit of action and an interesting plot. Very entertaining.
  
  Although ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Manchester, England
  - 31 Jan 2005 at 15:26
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  Hopeless fool
  
  Ignore any ridiculous reviews referring to this as a 'b-movie'. Whilst the concept is sci-fi, the theme of big business interests controlling the white ... read more »
  
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- - Jellon
  - Cambridgeshire
  - 09 Mar 2005 at 05:37
- - 9
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  Good conspiracy film
  
  Washington has to be one of the great consistent actors under the sun and he doesn't disappoint this time round either. The film isn't quite up to the ... read more »
  
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- - BigCarrot
  - Tyne & Wear`
  - 01 Jun 2005 at 10:33
- - 8
  - 3
  Partly Succesful
  
  Jonathon Demme's partly succesful remake but still isn't a patch on John Frankenheimer's original....
  
  This time the lost patrol are in ... read more »
  
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- - Stevieb47
  - 89 reviews
  - Sheffield
  - 07 May 2005 at 13:37
- - 7
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  Top candidate
  
  Another good un from Denzil Washington. A good psychological thriller which if anything is slightly more predictable than needs to be.
  
  Great start ... read more »
  
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- - Paynts
  - Lancashire
  - 14 Jun 2005 at 17:26
- - 6
  - 0
  Had to watch it twice to understand!
  
  We were too tired to take this film in the first time round so I watched it again and really enjoyed it.
  
  Denzel Washinton turned in a solid ... read more »
  
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- - Andrew1967
  - Stockport
  - 15 Jun 2005 at 21:26
- - 6
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  A Good Word of Warning.
  
  Many here have watched this film and enjoyed it, but many others have seen it as pallid in comparison to the original. I agree with those who decry Denzil ... read more »
  
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  - 24 Dec 2005 at 16:02
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  5 stars then say its rubbish
  
  Jeez,
  
  Do people know how to use the star rating system ???
  
  5 stars means excellent !!!
  
  How can some people slag the film off ... read more »
  
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- 97846
- - a customer
  - Midlands
  - 28 Apr 2005 at 17:09

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  U.S. Army Major Bennett Marco (Washington) can't sleep at night - and he doesn't want to. Marco spends his days giving inspiring speeches about his platoon's ambush in the Kuwaiti desert and the heroics of Sergeant Raymond Shaw (Schreiber), who won the Medal of Honor for saving Marco's crew. But ...