Good pre-vietnam flick

Rating: 9/10 (2 May 2002)

Pros: Directing, acting, script.
Cons: A bit too grapic in some sex scenes, cliched characters.
Tigerland is Joel Schumacher's return from grace after the dismal Batman & Robin. Colin Farrell plays private Bozz who decides he will do anything to get kicked out of the army. No matter how hard he tries, he still doesn't get kicked out and even gets promoted. Tigerland generally follows a platoon through bootcamp. It brings back memories from the first part of Full Metal Jacket as the drill instructors are as hard as they come. Tigerland is important because it showed the feeling of frustration americans felt during the vietnam war. Buzz is a good soilder, even his superiors recognize it but he feels that the war is pointless and really just wants to be in Mexico.He becomes some sort of a hero to the squadron and he helps some of his counterparts escape the war, plus he makes a dangerous adversary while still in bootcamp. In the end, Bozz accepts his fate and would rather see himself die than see another person take his place. Joel essentially films this with a limited budjet so it feels like a homemade film.
Premise: Recruits go through basic training in infamous tigerland.
Tigerland was ignored by the Academy awards but was nominated for numerous Independent awards
Grade: 9/10 (One of the best vietnam flicks).