Many current and former Marines have criticized Swofford’s book for being too harsh on the Marine Corps and not accurately portraying the true spirit of the Corps. Related: Sam Mendes' 10 Greatest Movies According To Rotten Tomatoes
While Jarhead is of course a military movie, much of the typical action portrayed in a major motion war picture is absent, as Jarhead instead offers a look into the reality of a day in the life of a marine stationed in the desert during the Gulf War and the truth behind those many hours spent waiting. Many know the film Jarhead for popularizing the phrase “ welcome to the suck.” Directed by Sam Mendes and written by William Broyles Jr., Jarhead follows sniper Anthony Swofford (Jake Gyllenhaal) and his best friend and spotter Alan Troy (Peter Sarsgaard) as they endure rigorous training with a small unit of scout-snipers led by Staff Sgt.
His book follows his life in the Marine Corps and is based heavily on his accounts of various situations he encountered while stationed in Saudi Arabia during the Gulf War, from the fall of 1990 into early 1991. Swofford was a member of the Surveillance and Target Acquisition (STA) Platoon in the Gulf War, a platoon largely made up of snipers that generally contained some of the better Marines in the battalion. The music though is rather Jarring (pardon the pun) and too loud for the soundtrack and it is clear they were trying in the later stages to go for a Black Hawk Down style ethnic Israeli music backtrack to accompany the action which was better than the overbearing rap and rock & roll in the first half.Īll in all its actually an above average terrorist war movie so if you are a war movie fanatic like me give it a try as it will not disappoint so gets a fair 6/10 from me.Jarhead, based on the book Jarhead by Anthony Swofford, is considered one of the most accurate war movies to date. It actually has a pretty decent cast and the acting was good which makes up another Jarhead movie and as good as Jarhead 2 in my opinion. Well what do we get for our shillings - Oodles of action, some decent cgi blood splatters and explosions but some terrible dialogue which made me cringe at times. really? - ITS ONLY A MOVIE! Who watches a movie and looks out for things like that is bizarre! I watch a movie to be immersed int he plot and story not to see if sergeant Maloney has the correct trigger on his AK-47 or how tight his army troosers are cmon, to rate a movie on this is nonsense and IMDB should remove these reviews as they are just plain fatuous! I have to laugh at all these reviews criticising the weapons or army stripes not being accurate - guys let me elucidate for you your average viewer would not know a sergeant stripe from an a-wipe you have to laugh at these reviews. If you are a war movie fan this one will not disappoint. A gripping and powerful story packed with hard-hitting action, Jarhead: Law of Return follows a squad of elite soldiers, led by Gunnery Sergeant Dave Torres (Amaury Nolasco), as they risk their own lives in the hopes of saving an ally they've never met. After miraculously surviving the crash, Jackson is taken captive by a group of Hezbollah militiamen. Senator (Robert Patrick), is shot down while flying through Syrian airspace. Major Ronan Jackson (Devon Sawa), an accomplished fighter pilot for the Israel Defense Forces and son of a U.S.
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