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    Basic

    BasicDirector: John McTiernan
    Actors: John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Connie Nielsen, Tim Daly, Giovanni Ribisi
    Studio: Sony Pictures
    Category: DVD

    List Price: $14.94
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    New (34) Used (267) Collectible (6) from $0.01

    Seller: superpawn
    Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars 142 reviews
    Sales Rank: 9366

    Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
    Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
    Rating: R (Restricted)
    Region: 99
    Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
    Number Of Discs: 1
    Running Time: 98 Minutes
    Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
    Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.1 x 0.6

    MPN: 043396097452
    ISBN: 1404902686
    UPC: 043396097452
    EAN: 9781404902688
    ASIN: B00009L1TA

    Theatrical Release Date: March 28, 2003
    Release Date: July 8, 2003
    Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

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    Editorial Reviews:

    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

    Product Description
    An ex-Army ranger and DEA agent is brought in to investigate the disappearance of an Army Ranger Drill Instructor and a group of cadets.
    Item Type: DVD Movie
    Item Rating: R
    Street Date: 02/03/04
    Wide Screen: yes
    Director Cut: no
    Special Edition: no
    Language: ENGLISH
    Foreign Film: noSubtitles: no
    Dubbed: no
    Full Frame: no
    Re-Release: no
    Packaging: Sleeve



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    5 out of 5 stars Action Packed Thriller !!!!   February 28, 2010
    Catherine Wienckowski (northport NY)
    I loved this movie. Never a dull moment from the moment you start watching. John Travolta has never been better.
    Keeps you guessing the whole way through. The ending was a complete surprise.



    5 out of 5 stars Basic   January 6, 2010
    Arnita D. Brown (USA)
    Tom Hardy, an ex-Army Ranger turned DEA agent, is drawn into an ever-widening mystery surrounding the disappearance of the feared and often hated Sgt. Nathan West, as well as several of his elite Special Forces trainees on what appears, at first, to have been a routine training exercise during a hurricane in the jungles of Panama. Only two survivors are found, Dunbar, and a badly wounded Kendall, the son of a high-profile Joint Chiefs of Staff official. This movie has a very good story, but be ready for a lot of twists and a suprise ending.


    5 out of 5 stars Multiple Plot Twists - Thriller   December 14, 2009
    Willy D. Reviewer (San Francisco,CA)
    You cannot guess the ending.

    Well worth the price of the DVD.

    If you want a guarantee, buy used. You cannot go wrong.



    5 out of 5 stars One Of My Most Favorite Movies....   November 11, 2009
    C. Weaver (Rusk, Texas United States)
    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!


    4 out of 5 stars Neat Military Puzzler   November 6, 2009
    drkhimxz (Freehold, NJ, USA)
    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 as the questioning elicited conflicting stories of his death. He played the part to the hilt. Nielsen as the official interrogator is pretty convincing. There are times when the film seems to lose momentum but soon gets back on track with some bit of action. All-in-all, the 100 minutes will pass quickly and leave a good taste behind.

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