Without tanks or air support, a corporal and his team must muster all the courage and firepower they can to fight their way across war-torn Afghanistan and shepherd an important anti-Taliban... Read allWithout tanks or air support, a corporal and his team must muster all the courage and firepower they can to fight their way across war-torn Afghanistan and shepherd an important anti-Taliban woman to safety.Without tanks or air support, a corporal and his team must muster all the courage and firepower they can to fight their way across war-torn Afghanistan and shepherd an important anti-Taliban woman to safety.
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- TriviaA wilhelm scream is heard at 1:32 as a lone man falls down.
- GoofsWhen the marine fires a 40 mm grenade from his rifle directly on a nearby Taliban fighter at the village, it is not supposed to explode since the fuse becomes activated only after 40 yards as to protect crews from accidental firings.
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Chris Merrimette: A Story.
Chris Merrimette: A man has a lot of choices,
Chris Merrimette: and these choices made in life are rarely perfect.
Chris Merrimette: So he decides to sign a contract,
Chris Merrimette: because he want's to make a difference.
Chris Merrimette: He wants to save this world, make it a better place.
Chris Merrimette: The consequences are punishing,
Chris Merrimette: unforgiving,
Chris Merrimette: and he questions why he ever signed that contract.
Chris Merrimette: So what's the fucking point?
Chris Merrimette: I guess the point is responsibility of duty.
Chris Merrimette: Love of country.
Chris Merrimette: A way of life.
Chris Merrimette: Are we on the right side of this?
Chris Merrimette: These aren't our questions to ask.
Chris Merrimette: A Marine fights for the person standing next to him.
Chris Merrimette: He fights for the man who can't stand anymore.
Chris Merrimette: He fights so that others can have the opportunity to make a difference.
Chris Merrimette: That's how we make the unforgiving forgivable.
Chris Merrimette: And if we're lucky, somewhere in all the fighting and dying, we discover hope.
Chris Merrimette: And the Marines who killed and bled and died will always be jarheads.
Chris Merrimette: Their families will have to live with the unbearable demands of their ultimate sacrifice.
Chris Merrimette: And the ones who make it home, we never really leave our brothers behind.
Chris Merrimette: We always remember.
Chris Merrimette: We're professional fighting men. We are jarheads.
- Alternate versionsExists in an R rated and Unrated Version. The Unrated Version contains trivial male nudity in a shower scene and additional bullet wounds for a fallen Taliban fighter. There is no difference in running time.
- ConnectionsFollowed by Jarhead 3: The Siege (2016)
- SoundtracksHit em with a boom
by King Juju
This is a relatively low budget attempt at a great war action/drama and although the writing lacks a lot of polish, the combat scenes are okay, the camera work is okay and the actors all seem to be doing their best with the clunky dialogue. The storyline itself isn't very original but again, its okay.
The film follows a Corporal who is considering leaving the Marines and explores ptsd, survivors guilt, etc. basically war is hell but it forms great bonds. Again, this isn't done exceptionally well but it does keep the movie from becoming a brainless action movie and brings a sense of drama to the film.
As a sequel to Jarhead this movie fails, but as a standalone action/drama flick it's actually fairly enjoyable.
- oomblongdada
- Aug 10, 2014
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- Lính Thủy Đánh Bộ 2: Nằm Trong Tầm Bắn
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- Runtime1 hour 43 minutes
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- 2.35 : 1