Jarhead (2005)
Movie based on a book inspired from real events of Former Marine corp Swofford dealing about his days in duty while serving for his country in Kuwait patrolling and safe guarding oil fields from intruding Saudi army. Though the movie sounds like a war drama and battle field action but fact is it isnt even close. Swofford gets enrolled into Marine accidentally while he was trying to get into college for his higher studies but life takes him into a tight ride when he gets selected for elite Sniper squad under the team named Jarhead. How he survives the battle in Kuwait and the trauma , mental stress he and his team go through during their stay was clearly depicted here in this movie. But only sad thing is its dead slow with lack of action and more importantly a unconvincing ending with a sluggish screenplay pulls the movie to negative side.In other words there is nothing which this movie inspires actually rather just a one persons perspective on how life of a defense personal affects physically and mentally were shown here. Jake Gyllenhaal performance was good though in it. Nothing catchy about this film and might try it for a change if you like biographical films.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbQIDOGR9t4 ( Anthony Swofford - Hospitals, Hotels and Jails )
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