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Having spent much of his directorial career emulating Don Siegel and John Ford, Clint Eastwood borrows a page from the catalogue of Sam Fuller in Heartbreak Ridge. Eastwood casts himself as an old-fashioned Marine Corps sergeant who is out of step with the new-fashioned military. He returns to his old outfit as a gunnery sergeant, where he runs afoul of 1980s-style superior officers to whom the words "Gung Ho" are foolish anachronisms. But through his tough tutelage, Eastwood's lackadaisical
Dec 5, 1986 Wide
Oct 1, 2002
Warner Home Video
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Eastwood could have taken a more traditional, straightforward approach to this material and made just another gung-ho war movie. He didn't. (Blu-ray Edition)
You may not always like Eastwood's films, but you seldom get downright bored by them.
For a war film, Heartbreak Ridge is oddly lighter in spirit than many of Eastwood's other films from this period.
Clint Eastwood is at his macho, insubordinate best in this exuberant, salty military movie with more memorable lines and funny moments than most comedies.
Eastwood's clearly having a ball as a gravel-throated solider man.
Being a lifelong Eastwood fan, I re-visited Heartbreak Ridge after reading that it was produced after Louis Gossett Jr. won an Oscar for An Officer and a Gentleman. In my opinion, Eastwood was at least equal to Gossett's performance, but Heartbreak Ridge garnered no Oscar attention. I wish Eastwood had made more
November 18, 2011
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Almost like the counterpart to A Few Good Men for some reason. This showcases the hard as nails Clint Eastwood as a drill sergeant who will do anything to whip his platoon into shape. He goes out of his way to trick and create schemes in order to hurt/help his men, making for a really classic bit of Clint. I think it's
June 4, 2011Super Reviewer
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