Highly enjoyable but flawed portrait of Marine life

Rating: Null/10 (9 November 1999)

"Heartbreak Ridge" is set in the early 1980's, around the time of the conflict in Grenada. The movie centers around the training of a less-than-skilled recon platoon, facilitated by Clint Eastwood's Tom Highway character. This movie is one of my favorites simply for the colorful language used throughout by Eastwood, as well as his typical stone-faced behavior in the role of the Gunnery Sergeant. The film is flawed (I'm certain many Marines laugh for the wrong reasons while watching it), but as it goes with any movie you should check your brain at the door before viewing.