Worth it for two scenes

Rating: 5/10 (1 May 2002)

I liked the initial battle when the marines wasted the armed crowd. 83 dead and 100 wounded sounds a bit excessive...but what the heck? Samuel L. Jackson was good for his "getting mad in the courtroom" scene. Otherwise, the movie wasn't really that good. There's even post-scripts saying what happened to the other characters - as if this was a true story! Who cares?
Oh, and I laughed during the scene where Skokal threatens the ambassador's career. He was the ambassador to YEMEN!!! What kind of career is THAT? "Oh, watch out or your career as an ambassador to back-water cess-pools is over." Yeah, sure. I'd have replied "Punish me by making me stay here and eat real food."