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2003, 92 minutes, Rated MA
John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson star in this riveting, multi-layered military suspense thriller from the acclaimed action Director John McTiernan (Die Hard, The Hunt For Red October, Predator).
Fort Clayton, a US Army base on the edge of the Panama Canal. The previous day Hurricane Beth had hit the base and the outlying area at full force. At the time, an elite covert operations team led by Sgt Nathan West (Samuel L. Jackson) was in the jungle on what appeared to be a routine training exercise. By the time the storm passes, the sergeant and several of his Rangers are missing. Of the two recruits who are rescued, both tell a different story of what transpired. But it soon becomes clear that this was no ordinary training mission and that a major cover up is underway. What happened to West and his Ranger team? And what were they really doing out there in the jungle? Tom Hardy (John Travolta), an ex Army Ranger turned DEA agent is drawn into this ever widening mystery disappearance of the feared and often hated Sgt Nathan West (Jackson), as well as several of his elite Special Forces trainees. As the story unfolds, each layer reveals more lies and greater deceptions, until Hardy (Travolta) and Osbourne (Connie Nielsen) inch towards the horrible truth about the fate of the missing soldiers.
- Director:
- John McTiernan [16],
- Starring:
- John Travolta [46], Connie Nielsen [13], Timothy Daly [5], Giovanni Ribisi [25], Samuel L. Jackson [79], Harry Connick [4],
- Screen Formats:
- Widescreen 2.35:1
- Subtitles:
- English
- Language and Sound:
- English 5.1 Dolby Digital
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