Fond memories

Rating: 6/10 (9 May 2008)

Although this film is far from classic, it holds fond memories for me. I was stationed at Camp Talega, located on Camp Pendleton with the 1st Recon Bn in the mid-80s and have several buddies who were used as extras in this film. There are also scenes filmed in places where I lived my daily life as a Recon Marine all those many years ago. 1st Recon left Talega in the late 80s, but the camp still stands and still looks much the way you see it in this film from 1986. Lot's of great Marine one-liners, but overall a very unrealistic portrayal of what Recon was like. The unit is supposed to be 2nd Recon, but was filmed at 1st Recon in California. My buddies enjoyed hanging out with Clint while making this film and I bought a copy just to see the faces and places of that era in my life.