a very good movie

Rating: 8/10 (7 November 2005)

In my opinion, Jarhead realistically portrayed the inner conflicts of a squad of marines. it provides a real grunts eye view of the war, and portrays well the madness and hell that war is. Being trained to kill will stay with you for the rest of your life, is what Swofford says. There are a good, varying cast of characters that act just like real people. The acting is good, and i think that this is one of the better roles that Jake Gylenhall has done. Jamie Foxx' role is nothing compared to the brilliance of his performance in Ray, but if that is what you expect all the time, then you will be constantly disappointed. This movie will be known as the movie that really showed the madness that the gulf war was, and how people really do react to others in a war, in a time of tension. the only complaint i have is that it is a times quite slow, but the acting and characters make up for this mistake. this is not a movie for everyone, but is you are a fan of heavy real stuff, then this movie will be good for you.