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Jarhead DVD Released: 2006 Director: Sam Mendes Runtime: 125 mins Approx Certificate : 18. Main Feature. Based on the autobiographical novel of the same name by Anthony Swofford, Sam Mendes and his cast and crew take you back to the first Gulf War in 1989 to reveal what, during ... Read review

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"This is my Rifle."

Advantages: Interesting subject, Great Perfomances.
Disadvantages: A little too long.

Jarhead DVD
Released: 2006
Director: Sam Mendes
Runtime: 125 mins Approx
Certificate : 18.

=== Main Feature. ===

Based on the autobiographical novel of the same name by Anthony Swofford, Sam Mendes and his cast and crew take you back to the first Gulf War in 1989 to reveal what, during Operations Desert Shield and Storm, the troops had to endure.

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Jarhead is a war movie without any war in it. This is about the changes in modern combat and the glorification of serving your country against the realism of actually been there.

The acting in this movie is exceptional, with Jake Gyllenhaal proving his excellent acting talents once again, he is completely believable in his portrayal of Swoff. He is in every single scene in this movie, and yet he still keeps ... more

Leigh36295 28.03.2008 (28.03.2008)
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"The Suck" it maybe, but watch it all the same.

Advantages: Interesting as it's still politically relevant. great cast and acting.
Disadvantages: It's real.

Gyllenhaal takes up the gun and camouflage as marine sniper, Swofford (or "Swoff" as he becomes known) through the dangerous, hot and generally unappealing deserts of Iraq in this intense yet darkly funny war drama about the first Gulf War. (Based on the book of his own memoirs by Anthony Swofford himself which was released in 2003). From enlisting in the army against his better judgement to honour his father who had also served, through his training ...
...desolate sands of the Middle East, we follow Swoff's unpleasant life with the marines in graphic detail. Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes (who also directed American Beauty, Road to Perdition) does a brilliantly unnerving job of portraying the burning oil fields from the perspective of the troops on the ground. Friendly fire is embodied, and the importance of solidarity amongst the men is made startlingly clear. The film does have a 15 certificate, ...

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Marine Life

Advantages: Great performances, a strong script and spot-on direction
Disadvantages: You don't get to know the supporting characters well enough

Swoff is a third-generation sniper deployed to the Persian Gulf during the first Gulf War. Having been trained to do nothing other than kill, he and his comrades are denied the opportunity by the advent of automated war. "Jarhead" shows what happens when you get a bunch of psyched-up military men and drop them in the desert with nothing to do. Director Sam Mendes marries style with substance in this tale of tedium and frustration. He has put together ...
...with lyrical visuals. Instead of focussing on the glorified guns and ammo aspect of war, he concentrates on the suicide-inducing levels of boredom experienced by the American combatants in the first fully automated war. He captures the frustration of men whose sole purpose is to kill, but who are kept on permanent standby. The only respite for them comes in dodging friendly fire attacks from their own air force and occasional scorpion fights. As ...

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From bootcamp to abandonment

Advantages: Brilliant acting, story and directing.
Disadvantages: some may find the lack of action throughout disappointing

Jarhead is a film that takes us on a journey from the troubled bootcamp of a marine to the more sophisticated and highly trained snipers unit whereby he studies the art of death. The tough training of the marines and the imprint of the rifles importance is placed in their minds, all instruments used so that they were prepared for war. However, nothing could have prepared them for the reality and our young marine Swofford soon enters a war within ...
...cheated on by their wives his sense of reality becomes lost and a torment within the person himself can be seen. When first watching this film i expected a typical american show of victory and violence. However i was pleased to find that this was a film about the dread of war and its disappointing nature. Appropriately brought out after the beginning of the second Iraq war it shows world whereby no victory was being won and the soldiers were becoming ...

willyham 26.06.2007 · Read full review
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a troops perspective on war

Advantages: tackles many political issues, troops perspective on modern warfare
Disadvantages: takes a while to get going

Jarhead follows a group of marines from the early stages of training boot camp to active duty in the Persian Gulf during the first Gulf War conflict. The film explores the impact war has on young soldiers minds and the variety of emotions they experience; it is very much told from the perspective of the fighting troops. The main plot of the film shows how little frontline soldiers actually did in terms of combat, what with modern warfare techniques. ...
...haven't seen it. Jarhead is a good film and as war films go is up there with the best. Yet, the film could be considered out of date. You see it was realised at the beginning of the Iraqi conflict of recent times as a sort of anti-war protest, as there was a lot of ill feeling towards it at this time. The film portrays the frontline troops during modern warfare as not doing much fighting, however, you only have to look at the current Afghanistan ...

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War huh.

Advantages: The extra features on the DVD are great.
Disadvantages: The Story

War war war war war war war war War. Charge!!!!! There's no-one here. That was a bit of a disappointment. So if you've seen Full Metal Jacket you'll find your self wondering straight away about the originality of this film. It's like it's chewed up Full Metal Jacket and spat it out only this film isn't so much a war film as a bit of a drama. All about some guy Swoff or something (I don't know how to spell the fools name.) He enters the army out of ...
...and then flies off to Iraq. The rest of the story then revolves about how he wants to shoot people as far as I can see. The actual film doesn't once show any conflict as the main character is said to have never fired his gone once during the war. It's not the film alot of people would expect whenpicking up the DVD and looking at the cover. This is not "Three Kings" or "American Soldiers" Iraq this si the side of Iraq the media dont tell you about. ...

Phelthew 06.06.2007 · Read full review
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His hands remember the rifle

Advantages: Pretty much everything
Disadvantages: Nothing

Films involving war often focus mainly on the fast talking drill instructor and then a whole load of fighting, death and glory. This may be a successful formula, but there are not enough films which depict the harsh brutality of what war can do to you mentally, or how the camaradery develops. Jarhead follows a group of scout snipers as they embark on their military journey at the beginning of the Iraq conflict at the beginning of the 1990s. The main focus is on Anthony Swofford (Jake Gyllenhaal), as he meets drill instructor Staff Sgt Sykes, gets put through his paces and meets his 'crew', before they head off to Iraq in anticipation of some action. Essentially, the film follows them as they adapt to desert life, how they bond as a unit, and how the situation of not knowing when they may be required for battle affects them ...

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Jarhead

Advantages: Good story and Action sequences
Disadvantages: Tedius and slow start

Jarhead... The slang term used for and by Marines to describe Marines. And that is what this film wants you to feel. From the very beginning when the main character Anthony Swofford (Jake Gyllenhaal) enters the gritty and put down world of basic training, in an environment very similar to the one portrayed in "Full metal Jacket". Young Mr Swofford is subjected to some honestly brutal treatment from the likes of Sgt Sykes (Jamie Foxx) who excels in his role as the tough as nails Marine Drill instructor with a hidden past. The film deals wit ha number of issues, namely the in humanization of any combatants and civilians and the many social criticisms it carries. Another theme carried through the film is the soldiers boredom, some never even getting to fire their rifle throughout the duration of the conflict. On an emotional ...

m4tt_king 09.02.2009 (10.02.2009) · Read full review
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bang bang boohoo

Advantages: there are strong actors in this film
Disadvantages: the strong actors dont shine enough for me

jarhead is not the best of films from the we win the war on our own films. in parts the film is graphic and exsplosive, theres just not enough of those moments for me. the film is set in the lives of a platoon of soldiers and there more misfit antics than the way we won the war that the description on the back of the dvd explains. the charactors are not strong but are played by strong charactors so their talents are a little wasted. if you like your army films to be just army based then you will enjoy this film, but if your looking for a bomb exploding sixty five million bullets from one clip then put this one back on the shelf ...

englishtrog 04.02.2009 · Read full review
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