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Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 9781404902688
Feature: DVD
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 1404902686
Item Dimensions: 100
Label: Sony Pictures
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 5.1FrenchOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 5.1EnglishSubtitledFrenchSubtitledFrenchDubbedDolby Digital 5.1
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
MPN: 043396097452
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 99
Release Date: July 08, 2003
Running Time: 99 minutes
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: March 28, 2003
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
DEA OFFICER IS RECRUITED TO INVESTIGATE THE DISAPPEARANCE OF A FAMED US ARMY INSTRUCTOR & A GROUP OF CADETS ON A ROUTINE MILITARY EXERCISE IN THE JUNGLES OF PANAMA. DECEPTION IS THEIR MOST DANGEROUS WEAPON.
Amazon.com:
If you thought The Recruit was full of surprises, Basic will spin your head around. Assuming that cleverness is its own reward, this military mystery shares many of The Recruit's strengths and weaknesses, offering multi-layered deception as its dramatic raison d'etre. Copping plenty of machismo attitude befitting a semi-effective thriller from Die Hard director John McTiernan, John Travolta stars as an ex-Army Ranger-turned-DEA agent, recruited by an Army investigator (Connie Nielsen) to solve the fratricide of a reviled Sergeant (Samuel L. Jackson) who was allegedly killed while commanding a Special Forces training mission in the hurricane-swept rainforests of Panama. Two survivors (Giovanni Ribisi in a showboat role, and Brian Van Holt) recall the ill-fated mission as the truth unfolds, Rashomon-style, in a series of repetitive flashbacks. Tricky enough to hold one's attention as it grows increasingly irrelevant, Basic is so enamored of its bogus ingenuity that its ultimate twist is a letdown. A second viewing might prove rewarding, if only to confirm that it all holds together. --Jeff Shannon
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Rating:  -
This movie isn't one of my favorites because of John Travolta or Samuel L. Jackson, but because of the female lead, Connie Nielsen. She hits just the right tone as the Provo Marshall who has her territory invaded by an outsider stealing her case! Great! The interplay between Travolta and Nielsen is great while they try to find out what happened in the jungle and the ending was just what the doctor ordered!
Rating:  -
Can't say that any of the actors in this were allowed to do their best; but, despite this, the film was entertaining, if not first rate. Travolta often seemed to be acting at acting in the role of a Department of Drug Enforcement agent called in to try to untangle a messed up Ranger exercise in which a number of recruits and their training sergeant had been killed. The objective was interrogation of the two survivors. Jackson is the over the top brutal training sergeant who is seen in flashbacks ... Read More
Rating:  -
Travolta's films can be categorized into two categories: Pulp Fiction and Everything Else. Basic, of course, belongs to the latter. This movie is like watching an episode of Law & Order with a bigger budget. It is so formulaic, using the "twists 'n turns" strategy of past films to create a senseless story whose ending negates the need for its making in the first place.
Top Ten Sign of Cliches include but are not limited to:
1. Sexual tension between Travolta and the female lead ... Read More
Rating: -
Basic will not let down anyone who is looking for an action pack movie. It will let you down if you don't pay attention. The movie is full of story line after story line. If you miss one of those story lines you will find yourself pressing the rewind on you video. John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson do a great job of playing their parts as equal leading roles. This movie is a good one to watch when you have time on your hands at home. Just remember to listen very carefully.
Alrick ... Read More
Rating: -
the movie is a must see...I would have liked to know in advance what regional code it was in.
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