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Basic [2003]
starring: John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Connie Nielsen, Tim Daly, Giovanni Ribisi
directed by: John McTiernan

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Binding: DVD
EAN: 7321900953122
Format: PAL, Widescreen
Label: Warner Home Video (Icon)
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video (Icon)
Number Of Discs: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video (Icon)
Region Code: 2
Release Date: January 19, 2004
Running Time: 98 minutes
Studio: Warner Home Video (Icon)
Theatrical Release Date: March 28, 2003
Sales Rank: 20513

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Amazon.co.uk Review:
Basic is a military mystery that offers multi-layered deception as its dramatic raison d'etre, but with plenty of machismo attitude as befitting a semi-effective thriller from Die Hard director John McTiernan. John Travolta stars as an ex-Army Ranger-turned-DEA agent, recruited by an Army investigator (Connie Nielsen) to solve the fratricide of a reviled Sergeant (Samuel L Jackson) who was allegedly killed while commanding a Special Forces training mission in the hurricane-swept rainforests of Panama. Two survivors (Giovanni Ribisi in a showboat role and Brian Van Holt) recall the ill-fated mission as the truth unfolds, Rashomon-style, in a series of repetitive flashbacks. Tricky enough to hold one's attention as it grows increasingly irrelevant, Basic is so enamoured of its bogus ingenuity that its ultimate twist is a letdown. A second viewing might prove rewarding, if only to confirm that it all holds together. --Jeff Shannon

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

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- There is no stopping of history
Panama after the Reagan's military intervention. The American armed forces are trying to keep the main passage of south American drug up north to the US under control. But that does not mean it is really what happens. In fact drug is flowing abundantly but not freely. Things have to be organized in the hands of the US citizens here, at least some of them, under a uniform or not. In one of the military special, very special units the sergeant discovers the truth and wants to stop it when on a mission. He will end up dead and several other members too, but the transportation of the drug out of the jungle and onto a plane to the US, along with one of the bodies will nearly succeed, though it will fail because the special agent and the female captain ... Read More:

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- Such a waste of good talent?
I watched this film twice in the hope of understanding really what the purpose was of actually making it? There are so many holes that can be picked in it from start to finish that I really can't "get it"? Skipping over everything and going directly to where Travolta is called into help Nielsen interrogate the prisoner I assumed it was by the ending to do with the drugs.But I also had to wonder how some guns miraculously had dummy ammo but others not? The ending was just too smart for itself, I can't pretend to say I know what it was/when it was? It was plain daft.Not a single reviewer can say he/she knows what the ending reflects. Amazon may have a policy of NOT criticising other reviewers but if that is the case they in turn SHOULD NOT accept 3 ... Read More:

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- What..
This movie is great !!!!! such an awsome story, and very scray..... lol
Not much "action" but its brilliant

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- Poor, poor, poor, poor.
An unbelievably poor film. The storyline is far too complicated to follow without a notebook and pen to keep up with what's supposed to be happening and by the time I actually found out what happened at the end, I just didn't care.

There's hundreds of better war films and hundreds of better court room drama/police investigation films out there. This is an attempt to weld the two together, and it's a failure.

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- Not so simple
hi, this is a film that requires all you're attention or you will not get one bit. it's about some soldiers dropped into the jungle for a training excercise but it all goes wrong, a murder takes place. i don't want to spoil any storyline so i won't tell you any more. it was a lot like "courage under fire". one man(travalta) trying to find out the truth. it has lots of action to keep you interested and isn't a cheesy film with a low budget. it has brilliant actors, (jackson and travalta) so don't miss this. one of my fave war/action films. p.s this does not show any major battle sequences. you won't regret it. thanks.

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