A very aggressive and truthful war film.

Rating: 9/10 (30 October 2006)

Jarhead is far harder to watch than the likes of Saving Private Ryan and Black Hawk Down - instead of being a gory war flick like these two, it instead revolves around the times when soldiers don't fight - they wait for battle, and get to know each other. This film never passed on the bad language - it used the f-word about 250 times. This film definitely put me off joining the army - though some of it is exaggerated, it sums it all up really - the types who are sent to the army are literally sent there - they never do it out of their own will. They are there because they are bad men. The film is rough, rude, and crude in parts (it didn't need to be crude, though the film is based a lot on the Marines missing and showing off their girlfriends), but it gives a stronger message then Black Hawk Down, and shows the immense struggles, physical and emotional pains, and extreme climates that recruits have to go through before their battles. Everybody must see this film - it is a film that shows the opposite side of war that Black Hawk Down shows - the times when recruits actually wish they were fighting. A must see. This film is only let down by the fact that there isn't a great deal of character in it, but other than that, it is riveting. A spiffing job! 9/10