New unknown lead Colin Farrell

Rating: 7/10 (11 January 2014)

It's 1971. The war in Vietnam no longer has popular support. A group of new recruits is starting 8 weeks of training at Fort Polk, Louisiana before heading off to the war. Bozz (Colin Farrell) is a trouble maker. There are destructive relationships in the group that culminates in a deadly encounter.
Joel Schumacher has strip down the production. The strength is the chaotic energy coming from the relative unknowns in this movie. The most impressive is the young unknown lead Colin Farrell. He oozes charisma. Another is the much picked on Clifton Collins Jr. The story is a jumble of other military training movies. The best thing Schumacher does is point the camera at these great young faces.