Solid Military Drama

Rating: Null/10 (12 August 2004)

Tigerland is a good movie. However, I think people are overrating it just because it is far superior to anything else Joel Schumacher has done. I liked the story and I enjoyed the characters, but haven't we seen all of this before. We have the drill sergeant(s) who use the f-word ad nauseum. We have the troublemaker trying to get out of the army. We have the small, weak soldier who shouldn't be there in the first place. And of course, we have the overzealous, on the edge soldier who just wants to kill Charlie.
Colin Farrell's performance is good as Bozz, but I can't help notice that his Irish accent steps in ocassionally in every movie I've seen him in. I thought the performances of Matthew Davis, and especially Cole Hauser were very strong.
I admire the fact that they tried to portray Bozz as a guy who is simply confused and doesn't want to be in the army. He's not a "bleeding heart", or a anti-war activist. He just doesn't want to go. This is the strongest aspect of the movie. The movie is not anti-war. In fact, it's not really about war at all. It's about this character, and the way he acts and reacts to and around others.