Over the Hill Crazy Bastard

Rating: Null/10 (6 March 2006)

Gunnery Sergeant Thomas Highway (Clint Eastwood) wants to go out with action. Putting his military life before his own has left him along the side roads. He has one last chance to change things before hanging up his boots. He request to be reassigned but is not expecting what lies over the hill. He is reassigned to the Marine 2nd Recon Battalion. His platoon lacks every instinct and discipline needed to survive in combat. Gunnery Highway is the man who can instill the fire to uplift these young punks and bring them unto courageous victory. He has yet another setback which he hasn't been able to grasp: love hasn't been all that good for Highway. Now that he is back in town of his ex- wife Aggie (Marsha Mason) he wants to find out what went wrong. This is another entertaining film that enhances the rugged, gruff, and yet romantic personality of Clint Eastwood. Profanity and action with a twist of comedy and romance has won me over with another favorite that Clint Eastwood accomplishes as he directs and portrays Gunnery Sergeant Thomas Highway. Favorites of the movie were the non stop comments. Foul mouthed but yet full of whit, which always seemed appropriate for the situation. Improvise, adapt and overcome is one of my favorite lines that Highway uses. Gunny Highway uses this in his techniques of training through out the film. There is an episode when the troops were on a hike and Gunny maneuvers him self behind the troops. He begins open fire and displays that death is at the feet of the platoons. The lesson was to survive by improvising, adapting and overcoming the situation. The troops thought Gunny was one crazy bastard. Over a period of time, and training they learned to expect the unexpected, adapt to all situations and overcome what is given to them. The troops learned the survival techniques which are needed to overcome the enemy.