Jarhead 2: Field of Fire (2014)

Without tanks or air support, a corporal and his team must muster all the courage and firepower they can to fight their way across war-torn Afghanistan and shepherd an important anti-Taliban woman to safety.

Director:

Don Michael Paul

Writers:

Berkeley Anderson, Ellis Black

Stars:

Cole Hauser, Josh Kelly, Danielle Savre

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Cole Hauser	...	Navy Seal Special Ops Fox
Josh Kelly	...	Chris Merrimette
Danielle Savre	...	Danielle 'Danni' Allen
Bokeem Woodbine	...	Danny Kettner
Ronny Jhutti	...	Khalid
Cassie Layton	...	Anoosh
Jesse Garcia	...	Rafael Soto
Jason Wong	...	Li
Esai Morales	...	Captain Jones
Stephen Lang	...	Major Gavins
Chad Mountain	...	Soc Cooper
Amr El-Bayoumi	...	Police Captain
Velislav Pavlov	...	Nafiz
Ralitsa Paskaleva	...	Heather
Mike Straub	...	Staff Sergeant Dickson

Storyline

Battle-scarred and disillusioned by the war, Corporal Chris Merrimette is put in charge of a unit whose next mission is to resupply a remote outpost on the edge of Taliban-controlled territory. While driving through the hostile Helmand province, a Navy SEAL flags down their convoy and enlists the unit on an operation of international importance: they must help an Afghan woman famous for her defiance of the Taliban escape the country. Without tanks or air support, Merrimette and his team will need all the courage and firepower they can muster to fight their way across the war-torn country and shepherd the woman to safety.

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Plot Keywords:

male rear nudity | male nudity | taliban | navy seal | afghanistan | 

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Genres:

Action | Drama | War

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for war violence and language including sexual references.

Did You Know?

Trivia

A wilhelm scream is heard at 1:32 as a lone man falls down.

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Goofs

In the intro scene, after the staff sergeant is killed, you can see his chest go up and down signalling he is still breathing.

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Quotes

Chris Merrimette: A Story.
Chris Merrimette: A man has a lot of choices,
Chris Merrimette: and these choices made in life are rarely perfect.
Chris Merrimette: So he decides to sign a contract,
Chris Merrimette: because he want's to make a difference.
Chris Merrimette: He wants to save this world, make it a better place.
Chris Merrimette: The consequences are punishing,
Chris Merrimette: unforgiving,
Chris Merrimette: and he questions why he ever signed that contract.
Chris Merrimette: So what's the fucking point?
[...]

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Alternate Versions

Exists in an R rated and Unrated Version. The Unrated Version contains trivial male nudity in a shower scene and additional bullet wounds for a fallen Taliban fighter. There is no difference in running time.

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Connections

Follows Jarhead (2005)

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Soundtracks

Showdown
Performed by Southpaw Swagger

User Reviews

Group dynamics

This has nothing to do with the first Jarhead, apart from the title. Well if you are stretching it, you could say that it is open minded when it comes to its characters. We also get the main military man from Avatar ... again being a military man. Less screen time though, still a tough one. The rest is a group of people who are doing a good job making you care for them.

The action is nicely done, though having just watched "Fury" not even close to anything in that movie. The whole setting of this movie does remind me of some 80s movies, which had a similar theme and had some of the same results. It works, but it's not something I can get too excited about.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 August 2014 (China)

Also Known As:

Jarhead 2: Field of Fire

Filming Locations:

Bulgaria

Company Credits

Production Co:

BUFO, Universal Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

103 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1