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A Balasaur Score of 65 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7/10, Rotten Tomatoes 60%, Metacritic 58/100. Audiences rate it 12 points higher than critics do. The highest scoring of the 3 titles in its series. Streaming on Netflix.
Synopsis
Jarhead is a film about a US Marine Anthony Swofford’s experience in the Gulf War. After putting up with an arduous boot camp, Swofford and his unit are sent to the Persian Gulf where they are eager to fight, but are forced to stay back from the action. Swofford struggles with the possibility of his girlfriend cheating on him, and as his mental state deteriorates, his desire to kill increases.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes60%
Metacritic58/100
Audiences rate it 12 points higher than critics do.
3,263 audience votes
Key crew
- Thomas NewmanOriginal Music Composer
- Sam MendesDirector
- William Broyles Jr.Screenplay
Cast
- Jake GyllenhaalAnthony Swofford
- Jamie FoxxStaff Sgt. Sykes
- Peter SarsgaardAlan Troy
- Scott MacDonaldD.I. Fitch
- Chris CooperLt. Col. Kazinski
- Laz AlonsoRamon Escobar
- Lucas BlackKruger
- Brian GeraghtyFergus O'Donnell
- Damion PoitierPoitier
- Jocko SimsJulius
- Dennis HaysbertMajor Lincoln
- John KrasinskiCorporal Harrigan
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Themes
snipercaliforniagulf warpetrolmarine corpskuwaitsoldierbased on memoir or autobiographyiraq waru.s. marineanti war1990s
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