Jarhead (2005)
Runtime: 2 hrs 3 mins
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Jamie Foxx, Peter Sarsgaard, Jacob Vargas, Chris Cooper
Screenwriter: William Broyles
Producer: Lucy Fisher, Douglas Wick, Sam Mendes
Composer: Thomas Newman
DVD Info
Release:
Aug 8, 2006
HD-DVD Features:
- Red HD Case
- Widescreen - 2.35
Audio:
- Dolby Digital Surround Sound Plus 5.1 - English, French, Spanish
- Subtitles - English SDH, French, Spanish - Optional
Additional Release Material:
- Commentaries
- Interviews
- Featurettes - 1. "Over 35 Minutes of Deleted Scenes Including More of Swoff's Fantasy Sequences"
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Reviews
As a depressive riff on Generation X's first war...it's exceptionally well-crafted.
As time passes, waiting for orders becomes like waiting for Godot, an absurdist tragicomedy of frustration, madness and masculinity gone awry.
A series of disjointed, shocking, and often unintentionally-humorous vignettes designed to celebrate boy-boy camaraderie while fomenting anti-Arab sentiments in the name of God, mom, and Apple Pie.
The first 20 minutes of have masterpiece written all over them, unfortunately, that fire peters out quite constantly until the film comes to a near flat lining ending.
As usual, when the US makes war against the rest of the world, it's the artist who steps up to the plate to expose the lies and senseless tragedy, not the faint of heart or soul politicians and media.
Thanks to its poignancy and expert crafting, Jarhead could become a classic war drama -- one that speaks for a new era of soldier and worldliness.
Nos muestra en forma efectiva la experiencia de un soldado humano (no una caricatura tipo Rambo) en una guerra distinta.
if not a classic war film, at least a top-notch and engrossing imitation of one.
All the absurdities of the human condition are compressed into experiences of war, or at least that's the impression we get through Jarhead, Sam Mendes' fascinating film based on a real memoir by a Jarhead.
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