Starred and directed by Eastwood who whips this old story into shape too , with a stunning acting of a man who's given everything to the Marines . Set in 1983 , stars a hard-nosed, hard-living Marine named Thomas Highway (Clint Eastwood) who has seen action in Korea and Vietnam , he is a tough and relentless Gunnery Sergeant . His experiences have led him to become an opinionated , no nonsense man, his current rank is Gunnery Sergeant and due to his indiscipline he will never be promoted to military officer .He is prone to sudden bursts of violence, especially when he's drunk, if the situation does not suit him, regardless of the specifics or people involved. Highway is a macho military dinosaur attempting to be sensitive 80s kind of guy . He used to clash with his superiors (Everett McGill) and his ex-wife (Marsha Mason) , as he takes command of a spoiled recon platoon with a bad attitude. He is put in command of a rebel platoon to whip them into shape to prepare them for combat in subsequent battles. Then Grenada island becomes the subject of cinematic war heroics ...The scars run deep..
A strong and hilarious story of a two-fisted Marine Sergeant whipping a hopeless-looking unit into a crack fighting team is still compelling but overlong . Although the picture could use some trimming , it is passable and acceptable , but boring , at times. There are some spectacular battle scenes , but the invasion of Grenada , though , is not epic material. Actually , the most intriguing element of the movie is the rocky love story between Clint Eastwood and Marsha Mason who performs his skeptical ex-wife . Clint Eastwood is nice as a well-decorated career military man in the United States Marine Corps. Clint is both a really tough macho man and touching at times.
The motion picture was professionally directed by Clint Eastwood , though it has some flaws ,failures , shortcomings and a lot of profanities . Clint Eastwood played and directed good Westerns as ¨High Plains Drifter¨, ¨The outlaw Josey Wales¨ , ¨Bronco Billy¨, ¨Pale Rider¨ and ¨Unforgiven¨ .These films along with the filmed in the 2000s as ¨Invictus ¨ , " Changeling" , ¨ Million dollars baby ¨, ¨Mystic river ¨, ¨Gran Torino¨; make that the dramatic force of this great director turns outs to be breathtaking and impressive . Rating : 6/10 . The flick will appeal to Clint Eastwood fans. Well worth seeing.
A strong and hilarious story of a two-fisted Marine Sergeant whipping a hopeless-looking unit into a crack fighting team is still compelling but overlong . Although the picture could use some trimming , it is passable and acceptable , but boring , at times. There are some spectacular battle scenes , but the invasion of Grenada , though , is not epic material. Actually , the most intriguing element of the movie is the rocky love story between Clint Eastwood and Marsha Mason who performs his skeptical ex-wife . Clint Eastwood is nice as a well-decorated career military man in the United States Marine Corps. Clint is both a really tough macho man and touching at times.
The motion picture was professionally directed by Clint Eastwood , though it has some flaws ,failures , shortcomings and a lot of profanities . Clint Eastwood played and directed good Westerns as ¨High Plains Drifter¨, ¨The outlaw Josey Wales¨ , ¨Bronco Billy¨, ¨Pale Rider¨ and ¨Unforgiven¨ .These films along with the filmed in the 2000s as ¨Invictus ¨ , " Changeling" , ¨ Million dollars baby ¨, ¨Mystic river ¨, ¨Gran Torino¨; make that the dramatic force of this great director turns outs to be breathtaking and impressive . Rating : 6/10 . The flick will appeal to Clint Eastwood fans. Well worth seeing.