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When he wakes up, Troy (Peter Saarsgard) explains that he has to earn the brand; punknews the whole thing was a show, for his benefit. Staff Sergeant Sykes (Jamie Foxx) picks Swoff and Troy for sniper duty and they begin to train and bond. punknews Shortly after punknews they finish training, Operation Desert Shield begins and they ship out to Saudi Arabia. Eager for action, they quickly become bored sitting in the desert, waiting for some guns to go off. Director Sam Mendes' follow-up to "American Beauty", "Jarhead" is a film with high expectations that it ultimately fails to meet. It wants to be the next "Full Metal Jacket" or "Platoon" but lacks the key ingredients to get there. A friend told me that she saw the film as well and liked it because it really captured the experience of going to war, ready to defend the country, and then sitting around waiting for something to happen. |
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