Whatever else you may want to say about the film version of Anthony Swofford's Gulf War memoir, "Jarhead," it certainly makes for an unusual war movie -- maybe the only one in which the hero sees ...
Based on the real-life story of Marine Scout Sniper Anthony Swofford who served during Operation Desert Storm, Jarhead is a 2005 biographical war drama. Directed by Sam Mendes, Jarhead was adapted ...
"Jarhead" is a war movie about a generation of soldiers who grew up watching war movies - which only reminds us how superior those first films were. "Apocalypse Now," "The Deer Hunter," "Platoon," ...
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A series of war films where the title comes from the slang term used to refer to United States Marines. The first film is based on U.S. Marine Anthony Swofford's 2003 memoir of the same name. It was ...
He shattered the facade of U.S. suburbia, peered into the soul of a Chicago hitman and in his new movie, “Jarhead,” British director Sam Mendes is again examining an American subject -- U.S. Marines ...
Liam Gaughan is a film and TV writer at Collider. He has been writing film reviews and news coverage for ten years. Between relentlessly adding new titles to his watchlist and attending as many ...
There are no showtimes for Jarhead 2: Field of Fire. You can stream it or buy it on digital platforms below. A series of war films where the title comes from the slang term used to refer to United ...
Training is followed by the real thing: Swofford is sent to Saudi Arabia with his scout/sniper colleagues. The mission: Guard the oil fields from a possible attack by Saddam Hussein. Codename: ...
Corporal Evan Albright (Charlie Weber) joined the elite Marine Corps Security Guards to save the world and see some action-not necessarily in that order. But his first assignment, protecting a U. S.