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Genres:
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Biography /
Drama /
War
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Director:
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Sam Mendes
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Actors:
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Rini Bell,
James Morrison,
Damion Poitier,
Katherine Randolph,
Dendrie Taylor,
Kevin Foster,
Craig Coyne,
Riad Galayini,
Jake Gyllenhaal,
Scott MacDonald,
Peter Sarsgaard,
Jamie Foxx,
Lo Ming,
Lucas Black,
Brian Geraghty
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Duration:
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123 min.
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Rating:
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(7.2/10)145
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Plot Summary:
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Jarhead follows a young Marine nicknamed "Swoff" (Jake Gyllenhaal) on his voyage of function in the Middle East. Lugging a sniper loot and a hundred pound ruck on his deny, Swoff endures boot camp, scorching desert heat, and the at all times emcee liable to be of Iraqi soldiers. The platoon opulence anybody another through freezing comedy and waggish sarcasm - but underneath their bravado is the knowledge that they are in an alien country, fighting a dangerous battle for a about they don't fully understand.
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American
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 preci...
Every war is different, every war is the same
Jarhead is based upon marine Anthony Swofford's best selling novel that resembles about his pre-Desert Storm experiences and his experiences fighting in Kuwait. The movie is excellent and it shows a terrific view on Swofford's war experiences, including his training and boot camp experiences.
Technically, this movie is flawless. Beautifully shot, great contrasts and use of colour. The acting is great too, with no weak links. It was refreshing to see a war film not actually based on the battle, but on the mental struggle these marine officers had to go through day and night and not actually being able to see any of the action or use any of the skills they have learnt from their intense training. There's no hidden agenda in the film...there's no political stance. Ju...
Jarhead
Operation Desert Storm roars past a Marine sniper and his company, leaving them bored and bewildered by the unreality of modern warfare. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Jamie Foxx and directed by Sam Mendes
History will regard the first Gulf War, when America repelled Iraq's invasion of Kuwait, as a prologue. First codenamed Operation Desert Shield and subsequently Desert Storm, it was a conflict that seemed to augur a new age of military dominance for the US, in which the world's only superpower would use its air superiority to destroy its enemies with minimal loss of life to its own armed forces.
Closely adapted from a memoir by Marine Anthony Swofford, Jarhead tells the story of this conflict from the perspective of the author (played here by Jake Gyllen...
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