Astonishing waste of a great cast, plus P. J. Soles.

Rating: 3/10 (19 June 2020)

Apparently this is a comedy, although you'd never guess that from watching it, as they forgot to bring the funny.
Murray hits it with zero energy, then dials it down from there, reminding us why he needs someone like Dan Aykroyd to play against.
Harold Ramis... well, he's no DAn Aykroyd. John Candy isn't in it enough. Sean Young is period-pretty, but doesn't really have what you'd call a character or a role. P.J. Soles tanks her brief appearance, and her nascent career.
I'd talk about the plot, but there really isn't any beyond: losers join the army, "hiijinks" ensue.
Technically, it's a mess. The audio is all over the place, muffled then blaring. The soundtrack is a plodding, plonking dirge, punctuated with military marches that are much more upbeat than the cast or script.
The direction appears to be non-existent, and the pacing is glacial, both in each drawn-out scene and throughout the (for want of a better word) movie.
Lighting, well, the scenes are lit, but they're largely outdoors.
A cringe-worthy failure in nearly every way. It feels like nobody involved in this had any fun, and you won't either.