The read
Audiences rate it 18 points higher than critics do. It runs a compact 1h 27m.
Synopsis
Four boys are sent, for different reasons, to a Military Academy. The life of discipline asks a lot of the four geeks. Of course these boys know how to make a party out of the hard times. Will they be "real men" after one year.
Ratings
IMDb4.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes0%
Metacritic29/100
Audiences rate it 18 points higher than critics do.
34 audience votes
Key crew
- Robert Downey Sr.Director
- Tom PatchettWriter
- Jay TarsesWriter
Cast
- Ralph MacchioChooch Bombalazzi
- Wendell BrownEisenhower "Ike" MacArthur
- Tommy CiteraHash
- Hutch ParkerOliver Holt (as J. Hutchison)
- Harry TeinowitzRodney Ververgaert
- Tom PostonSgt. Skip Sisson
- Antonio FargasCoach
- Stacey NelkinCandy
- Barbara BachBliss
- Robert Downey Jr.Boy on Soccer Team (uncredited)
- Ron LeibmanMajor Vaughn Liceman (uncredited)
- Ian WolfeCommandant Causeway
Stills
Themes
military academy