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6.5When a hurricane hits a US Army base on the edge of the Panama Canal, an elite covert operations team of US Army Rangers recruits are on a routine jungle training exercise that goes horribly awry. Only two recruits are rescued, one of which is badly injured, but both have different accounts regarding the fate of their leader, legendary and ruthless Army Ranger Drill Sergeant Nathan West, and the rest of their platoon. Tom Hardy, an ex-army Ranger turned maverick DEA agent is brought in to solve the mystery and uncover what really happened out there.
Cast
- John Travolta as DEA Agent Tom Hardy
- Connie Nielsen as CPT Julie Osborne
- Samuel L. Jackson as Drill Sgt. SFC Nathan West
- Tim Daly as COL Bill Styles
- Giovanni Ribisi as 2LT Levi Kendall
- Brian Van Holt as SGT Ray Dunbar
Themes
- hurricane
- recruit
- panama
- covert operation
- interrogation
- dea agent
- jungle warfare
- military crime
- army training
- ex army
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Ratings
IMDb
6.4/10
68,850 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
21%
Metacritic
34/100
- Year
- 2003
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 3 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- John McTiernan
- Written by
- James Vanderbilt
- Produced by
- Mike Medavoy Arnie Messer James Vanderbilt Michael Tadross
- Starring
- John Travolta Connie Nielsen Samuel L. Jackson Giovanni Ribisi Brian Van Holt Taye Diggs Cristián de la Fuente Dash Mihok Tim Daly Roselyn Sánchez Harry Connick Jr.
- Cinematography
- Steve Mason
- Edited by
- George Folsey Jr.
- Music by
- Klaus Badelt
- Production companies
- Intermedia Films Phoenix Pictures
- Distributed by
- Columbia Pictures (United States, Canada and Japan; through Sony Pictures Releasing ) Constantin Film (Germany)
- Release date
- March 28, 2003 ( 2003-03-28 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 98 minutes
- Countries
- United States Germany
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $50 million
- Box office
- $42.8 million
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 98
- FilmAffinity ID
- 211932
- Official website
- www.sonypictures.com/movies/basic
Show 5 more facts
- title
- Basic
- capital cost
- 50000000
- box office
- 42000000
- review score
- 34/100
- publication date
- 2003-09-11
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Basic is a 2003 crime-action thriller film directed by John McTiernan, written by James Vanderbilt, and starring John Travolta, Connie Nielsen and Samuel L. Jackson. It is the second film starring Travolta and Jackson after Pulp Fiction. The film follows a DEA agent solving the mystery of a bungled training exercise that leads to the deaths of multiple Army Ranger trainees and their instructor.
Basic received negative reviews from critics regarding its overall plot and numerous twist endings. The film was also a box-office bomb, grossing only $42.8 million worldwide against a $50 million budget.