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Basic (2003) -- A DEA agent investigates the disappearance of a legendary Army ranger drill sergeant and several of his cadets during a training exercise gone severely awry.
Basic (2003) -- A DEA agent investigates the disappearance of a legendary Army ranger drill sergeant and several of his cadets during a training exercise gone severely awry.
Basic (2003) -- A DEA agent investigates the disappearance of a legendary Army ranger drill sergeant and several of his cadets during a training exercise gone severely awry.
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User Rating:
6.3/10   24,024 votes
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
James Vanderbilt (written by)
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Release Date:
28 March 2003 (USA) more
Tagline:
Deception is their most dangerous weapon. more
Plot:
A DEA agent investigates the disappearance of a legendary Army ranger drill sergeant and several of his cadets during a training exercise gone severely awry. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
User Comments:
Basically Trash more (265 total)

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Also Known As:
Basic - Hinter jeder Lüge eine Wahrheit (Germany)
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MPAA:
Rated R for violence and language.
Runtime:
98 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Malaysia:18SG (uncut version) | Malaysia:U (cut version) | Netherlands:12 (TV rating) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba) | Canada:14A (Ontario) (DVD rating) | Canada:AA (Ontario) (original rating) | France:U | Spain:13 | Argentina:13 | Australia:MA | Brazil:14 | Denmark:15 | Finland:K-15 | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:IIB | Mexico:B15 | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R16 | Norway:15 | Peru:14 | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:M18 (re-rating) | Singapore:NC-16 (original rating) | South Korea:15 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:R (certificate #39367) | Iceland:16
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Every time the story of the bunker is retold, each person has a different partner. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: Osborne is driving with Hardy in her Hummer on their way to see Kendall, as she does the dialogue you can tell the Hummer is on a trailer because as she turns the wheel the steering wheel doesn't move more
Quotes:
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Osbourne: [voiceover] The French tried to build a canal here before the Americans. At the height of their effort, 500 workers were dying every week from malaria and yellow fever. They couldn't come up with cemetery space fast enough, not to mention the morale problem all those crosses would have made...
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Featured in Basic: A Director's Design (2003) (V) more
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Black Betty more

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Basically Trash, 16 July 2003
3/10
Author: diakonia_alpha from Nashville, TN

Don't expect anything less than whiplash from this "thriller" that seems to think it is smarter than we are. Once again, nothing is as it seems, and none of us really care. Evidently the writer doesn't care either because none of the characters remain consistent for the movie, or ten minutes for that matter. John Travolta does his over-the-top action hero again, but it really is just annoying when he cannot take investigating people's deaths seriously. Samuel L. Jackson is pretty much wasted as a sergeant who yells a lot. In fact, I don't remember a line of his that was not yelled. Then, there's Connie Nielsen, a Danish-born actress with a more-than-shaky Southern accent. She gets the most screen time but lacks the charisma to carry the movie, event though I preferred her dullness to the raving antics of Travolta and Jackson. Finally, the movie ends and then ends and then ends, and when you finally think there are no more "twists," the filmmakers squeeze out a few more. If you like movies that are condescending and pointless, then this movie should be BASIC for you.

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