One Last Battle for an Old Devil Dog

Rating: 6/10 (24 October 2019)

This film begins with a Marine Gunnery Sergeant by the name of "Thomas Highway" (Clint Eastwood) sitting in a jail cell pending his release for being drunk and disorderly the night before. Not long afterward he is given a transfer to another base where he is assigned to a reconnaissance platoon in need of serious repair due to a severe lack of discipline. To make matters even worse for him, his new commander, "Major Malcolm Powers" (Everett McGill) has already formed an immediate dislike for him due to an incident between GySgt Highway and a friend of his at another location and is determined to make his duties as difficult as possible. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this was a good film which suffered somewhat due to the unnecessary coarse language and a couple of unrealistic action scenes. Even so, Clint Eastwood performed in his usual solid manner and for that reason I have rated this film accordingly. Slightly above average.