Jarhead follows "Swoff", a third-generation enlistee, through the Middle East deserts with no cover from the intolerable heat or from Iraqi soldiers.
Not a lot happens in this film, which is perfectly in keeping with what the Desert Storm campaign was like for the grunts. This doesnt always make for a rivetting film though - more of a renter than a buyer I would suggest.
Decent performances alround - although Saarsgard's eerily etherial acting & demeanour are wearing a little thin now.
Coming across like the b*stard child of Full Metal Jacket and The Longest Day, the gene pool here feels diluted.
Some of the imagery is wonderful though (in a sick kind of way) - you'll never view a burning oil field the same way again!
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Sam Mendes directs this adaptation of former Marine Anthony Swofford's Gulf War memoir. Young recruit Swofford (Jake Gyllenhaal) joins up with the US Marines (nicknamed 'Jarheads' because of their distinctive haircuts) on the eve of the 1990 Gulf War. After a brutal spell in boot camp, during which Swofford and his fellow recruits are systematically geared up for the conflict, the Marines are dispatched to the deserts of the Persian Gulf to take part in a war that sees them required to do very little in the way of fighting. Bored and frustrated in the middle of nowhere, the young soldiers resort to a macabre sense of humour as they wait for the war to happen to them.
Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play. Every man fights his own war. Academy Award winner Jamie Foxx and Jake Gyllenhaal star in this critically acclaimed, brilliantly unconventional war story from Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes. Jarhead (the self-imposed moniker of the Marines) follows Swoff (Gyllenhaal) from a sobering stint in boot camp to active duty, where he sports a sniper rifle through Middle East deserts that provide no cover from the heat or Iraqi soldiers. Swoff and his fellow Marines sustain themselves with sardonic humanity and wicked comedy on blazing desert fields in a country they don't understand against an enemy they can't see for a cause they don't fully grasp. Actors Jamie Foxx, Jake Gyllenhaal, Scott MacDonald, Lo Ming, Peter Sarsgaard, Damion Poitier, Riad Galayini, Craig Coyne, Katherine Randolph, Rini Bell, Dendrie Taylor, James Morrison, Arman Zajic, Brianne Davis, Chris Cooper & Dennis Haysbert Director Sam Mendes Certificate 15 years and over Year 2005 Screen Widescreen 2.35:1 Anamorphic Languages English - Dolby Digital (5.1) Subtitles Arabic ; English ; Icelandic Duration 1 hour and 57 minutes (approx)
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