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Summary: Basic Entertainment
Review: A very good thriller! I loved watching this movie. You'll have to watch it twice to understand every bit of it. You'll never guess the ending.
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Summary: "Complicated"
Review: "Basic" is anything but basic. My head spinned a million times and I aged ten years. There were so many plot twists and liars (or people who don't know what the word "truth" means). Tom Hardy (John Travolta) was an Ex-Ranger turned DEA agent who was brought in by an interrogator (Connie Nielsen) to see what really happened during Sgt. Nathan West's (Samuel L. Jackson) training session. There was also way too much rain. You could hardly hear anybody talking. The ending was ridiculous and made me want to slap somebody's face. Ultimate deception! The theme song of the movie should've been Avril Lavigne's "Complicated."
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Summary: Great movie
Review: This movie is very suspenseful and very well made. Keeps you wondering throughout the movie and has an unpredictable plot and ending. Best movie I've seen in a while.
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Summary: limbo
Review: how low can Travolta sink. Basic is just another agonizing nail in his coffin. This movie rates near Battle field earthfor it's ability to grate on your nerves.Rent it with a lot of friends and split the cost. A dollar is all it is worth to see this mess.
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Summary: One of the best mind benders EVER
Review: My wife and I saw this movie when it came out. We had no expectations and we were both fairly objective in our viewing. By the time the movie was over we were blown away. As with any film, there may be some things here and there that may not be perfect (such as look, items worn in the field, etc.,) but the storyline itself is a classic masterpiece, the filming is cool and the acting is just fine. Hitchcock would have probably gotten a big kick out of this story. There are so many twists and turns to this movie that it is a challenge in places to understand, but if you just memorize the names of the main characters at the beginning of the movie everything will go fairly smoothly in your viewing experience. Viewers should bear in mind, this is not the kind of movie that drops tons of clues all over the place so that everyone can solve the mystery before the movie ends. Rather, this move is more like a train ride down a long dark tunnel, trying to figure things out along side the characters in the movie, eventually breaking out into the light in the end. You can't trust everything everyone says in the movie, don't even trust all the names! This is one of the stories that can go in any direction and they could have gone on and on with its mind bending twists and turns. But the director wisely knew when to stop. BASIC is written for people who want to figure things out themselves and not have everything handed on a silver platter. I'm grateful for movies like this.
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Summary: MOST CONFUSING YET BEST FLICK EVER
Review: this movie is basically (ha get it basically-basic)about an investigation on a missing sergeant who disappeared in a routine training op in a hurricane on one of the Panama Islands. There are so many twists and turns to this great story you will go away from it with your brain aching saying...."wow" i highly suggest renting or buying this DVD.
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Summary: Makes me miss HIGH CRIMES
Review: I didn't even know John Travolta was in this when I entered the theater; if I had I might not have bothered. John Travolta and military "justice" is a combination I'd had my fill of. But once there I decided to hang in for what it was worth. While it did for a while show promise as a taut thriller for a while, ultimately it sunk below my lowest expectations. If you think it is because I'd had my fill of John Travolta though, he can't really be blamed for this muddled script that nobody could have saved. The trendy matter of twist endings never got so excessive before as it does here. I lost track of how many times one premise, and another, and still another that we'd bought into as the movie's foundation was utterly undermined by a new twist. What did the film start out being about? That faded into the mirky ancient past. I never thought I could be made to miss HIGH CRIMES and Ashley Judd's performance therein. But I did. At least with her you know you have a strong character who will be PORTRAYED as the movie's moral backbone, however many times the rug pulled out from under viewers at to which other supposed heroes we'd bought into!
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Summary: Basic is anything but....
Review: I've seen this movie twice and I'm convinced that it is now my new favorite one. Don't go in expecting to be able to keep up or solve this impossible mystery. This film tries it's best to confuse you...and I loved every minute because of it. Not only is the narrative structure unique to this film, but the narration in the film is always changing. I didn't notice it the first time, but even after several character names and situations are sorted out...things keep changing. The film is out to confuse you. And that ending...I was literally tossing my hands up the first time I watched it because it was mind-blowing. I've never seen anything like it. This film switched genres and mood completely in literally the last two minutes. The final scene (with the re-mix of Black Betty playing behind it) is like a scene from a different movie. It was great. I tried explaining the plot of this film to friends, and it takes me forever and it's impossible to get it right. This film will have you head spinning and you will be thinking about it for days. I am a film major in Washington and I suggest at least checking this film out to everyone. I know many won't like it because it's so incoherrent at times, but I think it's Travolta at his best and Mctiernan at his second best, lest we forget Die Hard. Can't wait for the DVD...
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Summary: okay john take your shot
Review: this movie had a good cast but not a pretty name (Basic) plus the plot was simple as if it was already done or something not the very best but the reason i gave it 2 stars was because of aaceptional acting from john and samuel p.s. you guys could do better than this....another p.s. dont see basic save your money for another movie from, ben n.
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Summary: An Intellectual, Twist-y Thriller
Review: While this film is being marketed as a pretty standard 'war/basic training' movie, it's anything but -- more like a really good "Law & Order" episode meets "Jag". We stumbled into it when it was the only thing left at the multiplex, and were very pleasantly surprised by the performances and a script with several twists and turns you really can't outwit. A handful of marines have been murdered on a training exercise, and the suspects and motives are multiple. A smart, sexy, interesting film.
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