marine movie

Rating: 9/10 (26 November 2005)

well first off i gotta say that any movie that has Lukas black in it can't be all bad. in this one Luke plays a southern white boy, which just happens to be what he is, but I doubt that he's playin himself. this movie really is a "guy" movie, but there is not a lot of war action, or blood and gore everywhere. as you probably know it concerns the "first" Iraq war, ( how many more are we going to have to endure?), and, havin never been in the marines myself, i guess this is a fine representation of what it is like to be one. Of course the star of the saga, Jake gy.... whatever, is one fine actor. He has that vulnerable look when he wants it but he can really turn up the fire, especially in one scene where he sort of goes off the deep end and threatens to kill a fellow marine. This sure isn't the greatest movie ever, but very few are, if you want to see a movie with superior acting, directing and writing then this is the one. If violence makes you ill stay away from it. I certainly thought it was worth the price of admission, cause the bottom line is, this is entertainment, and most movies in the theaters right now are not worth a plug nickel.