All around entertaining

Rating: 8/10 (9 January 2006)

Wasn't sure what to expect with the jarhead movie. With the fracture in American opinion over the current conflict in Iraq, a film centered around the original conflict could have fallen on one side of the fence or the other. That being said, I think this film did a decent job skirting the middle ground and focused on being a "jarhead" much more than the politics of the situation. In the film, there are characters that are predictably on each side of the political spectrum, but they aren't distracting to the point. I think this film is really showed the unglamorous aspect of the grunts in war. No Rambo like action here, just the almost never ending wait with no pay off. Jake is excellent in the film as usual and Jamie Foxx is believable in his role. All and all very entertaining and enjoyable movie.