Advantages: Great story, Cajuns Disadvantages: Not one to watch over and over
_Southern Comfort_ is not just the name of the most effeminate of whiskeys (for true men like their’s burning and horrible tasting) it’s also a 1981 film by Walter Hill director of _The Warriors_. The film follows a small squad of Louisiana National Guard on a training exercise through the Louisiana swamp lands - the bayou. It’s a friendly crew of men all casual about their duty and not taking the exercise completely seriously. The cool guy of the ... ...prostitutes to meet them at the end of the trail so they’re all keen to get it over with. Things progress pretty normally until their commander, Poole, seems to have got them lost. They’re at the edge of deep lake/river/big water thing with no way across. Luckily, they spot some boats beside a poachers den. The allure of some Louisiana hookers prevails of proper military practice and they decide to commandeer the boats to get to the other side. The ...
Phelthew 05.10.2009
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