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A Balasaur Score of 71 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.6/10, Rotten Tomatoes 79%, Metacritic 76/100. Scores higher than 88% of the 1,494 2000s thriller movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
Years after his squad was ambushed during the Gulf War, Major Ben Marco finds himself having terrible nightmares. He begins to doubt that his fellow squad-mate Sergeant Raymond Shaw, now a vice-presidential candidate, is the hero he remembers him being. As Marco's doubts deepen, Shaw's political power grows, and, when Marco finds a mysterious implant embedded in his back, the memory of what really happened begins to return.
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes79%
Metacritic76/100
1,802 audience votes
Key crew
- Dean GeorgarisScreenplay
- Daniel PyneScreenplay
- Jonathan DemmeDirector
- Rachel PortmanOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Denzel WashingtonMajor Bennett Ezekiel Marco
- Meryl StreepSenator Eleanor Prentiss Shaw (D-VA)
- Liev SchreiberCongressman Raymond Prentiss Shaw (D-NY)
- Simon McBurneyDr. Atticus Noyle
- Kimberly EliseRosie
- Bruno GanzDelp
- Jon VoightSenator Thomas Jordan (D-CT)
- Jeffrey WrightCPL Al Melvin
- Anthony MackiePFC Robert Baker III
- Ted LevineColonel Howard
- Miguel FerrerColonel Garret
- Dean StockwellMark Whiting
Stills
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Themes
gulf warpost-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)ambushpresidential electionsenatorkuwaitremakeelectionwar heroimplantcongressmanpresidential campaign
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