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At the end of a very bad day when he realizes his life has gone and is going nowhere, John Winger is able to convince his best friend, Russell Ziskey, whose life is not much better, to enlist in the army, despite they not being obvious soldier material. In basic training, they are only two of a bunc …h of misfits that comprise their platoon. However, it is still John that is constantly butting heads with their drill sergeant, Sergeant Hulka. Two of their saving graces are Stella and Louise, two MPs who get them out of one scrape after another. Their entire platoon is in jeopardy of not graduating. But what happens during basic leads to their entire platoon being assigned to an overseas mission in Italy, to test a new urban assault vehicle, the EM-50 project. John and Russell decide to take the EM-50 for an unauthorized test drive to visit Stella and Louise who have been reassigned to West Germany. In the process, the rest of the platoon, Hulka, and Hulka's immediate superior, self-absorbed Captain Stillman, get caught unofficially behind enemy Communist lines in Czechoslovakia. John and Russell, with Stella and Louise's help, will have to show their true mettle as US army soldiers and in the process test the capabilities of the EM-50 to rescue their platoon without the rest of the US army knowing what's going on, and thus without any assistance beyond themselves. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | military spoof |
| Themes: | u.s. militarywrestlingmilitarytorturefriendship |
| Mood: | spoofsatire |
| Locations: | taxi driverbus stationstrip clubitalykitchentaxiairplane |
| Characters: | military policemilitary officeramerican soldierrussiansoldier |
| Period: | 1980s |
| Story: | army generalarmy spooflouisville kentuckydrill sergeantarmy trainingarmy lifearmy basemud wrestlingmilan italyu.s. armymilitary cadencemilitary enlistmentrescue missionassault courserope climbing …smashing a windowabsent without leavebad daylatrinebasic trainingshoeshinerepossessiondumped by girlfriendtarmacobstacle courselanguage learninggay jokemortarstoveboot campshower roomluggagekentuckylocked in a roomrecreational vehicleimplied sexwest germanyczechoslovakiawagerquitting a jobpush upsstonerarmored cargraduationroundhouse kickflamethrowerslackerrainstormhit in the crotchbreakuptelescopehaircutrocket launcherblockbustersergeantwhat happened to epilogueinjuryfarcecold warpokerhand grenadecaptainflirtinggeneraltankuniformarmybridgebasketballvoyeurfalling from heightcamerarescueshootoutsingingfemale frontal nudityone word title (See All) |
A two-segment look at the effect of the military mindset and war itself on Vietnam era Marines. The first half follows a group of recruits in boot camp under the command of the punishing Gunnery Sergeant Hartman. The second half shows one of those recruits, Joker, covering the war as a correspondent … for Stars and Stripes, focusing on the Tet offensive. (Read More)
| Themes: | military |
| Characters: | soldier |
| Story: | drill sergeantarmy lifeu.s. armymilitary cadencebasic trainingobstacle courseboot camppush upshaircutrocket launchersergeanttankuniformarmycamera |
1983. Tom Highway is a well-decorated career military man in the United States Marine Corps, he who has seen action in Korea and Vietnam. His current rank is Gunnery Sergeant. His experiences have led him to become an opinionated, no nonsense man, who is prone to bursts of violence, especially when …he's drunk, if the situation does not suit him, regardless of the specifics or people involved. Because of these actions, he has spent his fair share of overnighters behind bars. Close to retirement, one of his last assignments, one he requested, is back at his old unit at Cherry Point, North Carolina, from where he was transferred for insubordination. He is to train a reconnaissance platoon. His superior officer, the much younger and combat inexperienced Major Malcolm Powers, sees Highway as a relic of an old styled military. Highway's commanding officer, Lieutenant Ring, the platoon leader, is also a younger man who has no combat experience, but is academically inclined and happy-go-lucky. Highway finds that his team is a rag-tag bunch of slackers, who includes wannabe rock musician Stitch Jones, with who Highway had an inauspicious earlier meeting. The men in the platoon, who truly believe Highway is crazy, hate him, and don't understand why they have to follow his harsh training regimen when the United States is not currently at war. The major, who is all about efficiency regardless of combat readiness, has the same views of Highway. He is clear that he sees Highway's platoon s… (Read More)
| Themes: | u.s. militarywrestlingmilitaryfriendship |
| Locations: | airplane |
| Characters: | military officersoldier |
| Period: | 1980s |
| Story: | drill sergeantmud wrestlingmilitary cadencerescue missionassault coursebasic trainingobstacle courseboot camparmored carrocket launchersergeantcold warhand grenadegeneraltank …uniformbridgerescueshootoutsinging (See All) |
Two low-level government employees, Emmitt Fitz-Hume (played by Chevy Chase) and Austin Milbarge (Dan Aykroyd), are chosen for a top-secret CIA mission. They are unsuitable as CIA agents but are deliberately chosen for this reason, as their mission is a decoy one and they are expendable. After being … fast-tracked through training they are parachuted into Pakistan where all manner of adventures await them. (Read More)
| Themes: | militarytorture |
| Mood: | spoof |
| Characters: | russiansoldier |
| Period: | 1980s |
| Story: | army baseu.s. armyflamethrowerslackerrocket launcherblockbusterfarcecold warhand grenadegeneralrescueshootout |
Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history, The Monuments Men is an action drama focusing on an unlikely World War II platoon, tasked by FDR with going into Germany to rescue artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves and returning them to their rightful owners. It would be an imp …ossible mission: with the art trapped behind enemy lines, and with the German army under orders to destroy everything as the Reich fell, how could these guys - seven museum directors, curators, and art historians, all more familiar with Michelangelo than the M-1 - possibly hope to succeed? But as the Monuments Men, as they were called, found themselves in a race against time to avoid the destruction of 1000 years of culture, they would risk their lives to protect and defend mankind's greatest achievements. (Read More)
| Themes: | u.s. militarymilitary |
| Locations: | italyairplane |
| Characters: | military officersoldier |
| Story: | army baseu.s. armybasic trainingobstacle coursearmored carflamethrowersergeantcaptaingeneraltankuniformarmybridgerescueshootout |
The pilot of a rescue copter, Captain Karen Walden, died shortly before her helicopter crew was rescued after it crashed in Desert Storm. It first appears that she made a spectacular rescue of a downed helicopter crew, then held her own crew together to fight off the Iraqis after her copter crashed. … Lt. Colonel Serling, who is struggling with his own demons from Desert Storm, is assigned to investigate her worthiness for the Medal of Honor. But some conflicting accounts, from her crew and soldiers in the area, cause him to question whether she deserves it. (Read More)
| Themes: | militaryfriendship |
| Characters: | soldier |
| Story: | army lifeu.s. armyboot camprocket launchersergeantpokerhand grenadecaptaingeneraltankarmyrescueshootout |
A telling of the 1st Battalion, 7 Cavalry Regiment, 1st Calvary Division's battle against overwhelming odds in the La Drang valley of Vietnam in 1965. Seen through the eyes of the battalion's commander, Lt. Col. Hal Moore (played by Mel Gibson), we see him take command of the battalion and its prepa …rations to go into Vietnam. We also see how the French had, years earlier, been defeated in the same area. The battle was to be the first major engagement between US and NVA forces in Vietnam and showed the use of helicopters as mobility providers and assault support aircraft. (Read More)
| Themes: | military |
| Locations: | taxi drivertaxi |
| Characters: | american soldiersoldier |
| Story: | army lifearmy baseu.s. armysergeanthand grenadecaptaingeneraluniformarmyshootout |
1945, in World War II Germany, the tough Sergeant Don 'Wardaddy' Collier commands a tank and survives a German attack with his veteran crew composed of Boyd 'Bible' Swan, Trini 'Gordo' Garcia and Grady 'Coon-Ass' Travis. He receives a rookie soldier Norman Ellison as the substitute for his deceased …gunner and he tries to harden the youth along the way. (Read More)
| Themes: | u.s. militarymilitary |
| Characters: | american soldiersoldier |
| Story: | army baseu.s. armysergeanthand grenadecaptaintankuniformarmyshootoutsingingone word title |
Opening with the Allied invasion of Normandy on 6 June 1944, members of the 2nd Ranger Battalion under Cpt. Miller fight ashore to secure a beachhead. Amidst the fighting, two brothers are killed in action. Earlier in New Guinea, a third brother is KIA. Their mother, Mrs. Ryan, is to receive all thr …ee of the grave telegrams on the same day. The United States Army Chief of Staff, George C. Marshall, is given an opportunity to alleviate some of her grief when he learns of a fourth brother, Private James Ryan, and decides to send out 8 men (Cpt. Miller and select members from 2nd Rangers) to find him and bring him back home to his mother... (Read More)
| Themes: | u.s. militarymilitaryfriendship |
| Characters: | military officeramerican soldiersoldier |
| Story: | u.s. armyrescue missionflamethrowerrainstormblockbusterhand grenadegeneraltankuniformarmybridgerescue |
A Major with an attitude problem and a history of getting things done is told to interview military prisoners with death sentences or long terms for a dangerous mission; To parachute behind enemy lines and cause havoc for the German Generals at a rest house on the eve of D-Day.
| Themes: | wrestlingmilitary |
| Characters: | military policeamerican soldiersoldier |
| Story: | army baseu.s. armybasic traininghand grenadegeneraluniformshootout |
The island of Iwo Jima stands between the American military force and the home islands of Japan. Therefore the Imperial Japanese Army is desperate to prevent it from falling into American hands and providing a launching point for an invasion of Japan. General Tadamichi Kuribayashi is given command o …f the forces on the island and sets out to prepare for the imminent attack. General Kuribayashi, however, does not favor the rigid traditional approach recommended by his subordinates, and resentment and resistance fester among his staff. In the lower echelons, a young soldier, Saigo, a poor baker in civilian life, strives with his friends to survive the harsh regime of the Japanese army itself, all the while knowing that a fierce battle looms. When the American invasion begins, both Kuribayashi and Saigo find strength, honor, courage, and horrors beyond imagination. (Read More)
| Themes: | u.s. militarymilitaryfriendship |
| Locations: | airplane |
| Characters: | military policemilitary officeramerican soldiersoldier |
| Story: | u.s. armyflamethrowercaptaingeneraltankuniformarmyfalling from heightcamerasinging |
Topper Harley is found working as an odd-job-man in a monastery. The CIA wants him to lead a rescue mission into Iraq, to rescue the last rescue team, who went in to rescue the last rescue team who... who went in to rescue hostages left behind after Desert Storm. The President is Tug Benson, who als …o likes to be in on the action. Basically, it's a send-up of all the big shoot-em-up Rambo/Robocop/T2/Commando-type movies. (Read More)
| Themes: | militarytorture |
| Mood: | spoof |
| Characters: | soldier |
| Story: | rescue missionmortarhit in the crotchrocket launchertankarmyfalling from heightrescueshootout |
"Patton" tells the tale of General 'George S. Patton (I)' (qv), famous tank commander of World War II. The film begins with Patton's career in North Africa and progresses through the invasion of Europe and the fall of the Third Reich. Side plots also speak of Patton's numerous faults such his temper … and tendency toward insubordination, faults that would prevent him from becoming the lead American general in the Normandy Invasion as well as to his being relieved as Occupation Commander of Germany. (Read More)
| Themes: | military |
| Characters: | american soldier |
| Story: | army lifeu.s. armyblockbustergeneraltankuniformarmyshootoutone word title |
It is the height of the war in Vietnam, and U.S. Army Captain Willard is sent by Colonel Lucas and a General to carry out a mission that, officially, 'does not exist - nor will it ever exist'. The mission: To seek out a mysterious Green Beret Colonel, Walter Kurtz, whose army has crossed the border …into Cambodia and is conducting hit-and-run missions against the Viet Cong and NVA. The army believes Kurtz has gone completely insane and Willard's job is to eliminate him! Willard, sent up the Nung River on a U.S. Navy patrol boat, discovers that his target is one of the most decorated officers in the U.S. Army. His crew meets up with surfer-type Lt-Colonel Kilgore, head of a U.S Army helicopter cavalry group which eliminates a Viet Cong outpost to provide an entry point into the Nung River. After some hair-raising encounters, in which some of his crew are killed, Willard, Lance and Chef reach Colonel Kurtz's outpost, beyond the Do Lung Bridge. Now, after becoming prisoners of Kurtz, will Willard & the others be able to fulfill their mission? (Read More)
| Themes: | military |
| Characters: | military officeramerican soldiersoldier |
| Story: | army lifearmy baseu.s. armyflamethrowerrainstormcaptaingeneraltankuniformarmybridge |
Two friends in their early 20s (Hill and Teller) living in Miami Beach during the Iraq War exploit a little-known government initiative that allows small businesses to bid on U.S. Military contracts. Starting small, they begin raking in big money and are living the high life. But the pair gets in ov …er their heads when they land a 300 million dollar deal to arm the Afghan Military - a deal that puts them in business with some very shady people, not the least of which turns out to be the U.S. Government. Based on true events. (Read More)
| Themes: | militarytorturefriendship |
| Locations: | taxi drivertaxiairplane |
| Characters: | soldier |
| Story: | army baseu.s. armyarmored carrocket launcherwhat happened to epiloguehand grenadecaptaintankbridgecamera |
Anthony "Swoff" Swofford, a Camus-reading kid from Sacramento, enlists in the Marines in the late 1980s. He malingers during boot camp, but makes it through as a sniper, paired with the usually-reliable Troy. The Gulf War breaks out, and his unit goes to Saudi Arabia for Desert Shield. After 175 day …s of boredom, adrenaline, heat, worry about his girlfriend finding someone else, losing it and nearly killing a mate, demotion, latrine cleaning, faulty gas masks, and desert football, Desert Storm begins. In less than five days, it's over, but not before Swoff sees burned bodies, flaming oil derricks, an oil-drenched horse, and maybe a chance at killing. Where does all the testosterone go? (Read More)
| Themes: | u.s. militaryfriendship |
| Locations: | airplane |
| Characters: | american soldier |
| Period: | 1980s |
| Story: | military enlistmentlatrinebasic trainingboot camppush upshaircutsergeanthand grenadetanksingingone word title |
John Rambo's former Vietnam superior, Colonel Samuel Trautman, has been assigned to lead a mission to help the Mujahedeen rebels who are fighting the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, but the Buddhist Rambo turns down Trautman's request that Rambo help out. When the mission goes belly up and Trautman …is kidnapped and tortured by Russian Colonel Zaysen, Rambo launches a rescue effort and allies himself with the Mujahedeen rebels and gets their help in trying to rescue Trautman from Zaysen. (Read More)
| Themes: | torture |
| Period: | 1980s |
| Story: | army baserescue missionmortarroundhouse kickflamethrowerrocket launcherblockbustercold warhand grenadetankrescueshootout |
Chris Kyle was nothing more than a Texan man who dreamed of becoming a cowboy, but in his thirties he found out that maybe his life needed something different, something where he could express his real talent, something that could help America in its fight against terrorism. So he joined the SEALs i …n order to become a sniper. After marrying, Kyle and the other members of the team are called for their first tour of Iraq. Kyle's struggle isn't with his missions, but about his relationship with the reality of the war and, once returned at home, how he manages to handle it with his urban life, his wife and kids. (Read More)
| Themes: | u.s. militarymilitarytorture |
| Locations: | taxiairplane |
| Characters: | american soldiersoldier |
| Story: | army basebasic trainingarmored carrocket launcherwhat happened to epiloguehand grenadetankrescueshootout |
The film deals with the situation of British prisoners of war during World War II who are ordered to build a bridge to accommodate the Burma-Siam railway. Their instinct is to sabotage the bridge but, under the leadership of Colonel Nicholson, they are persuaded that the bridge should be constructed … as a symbol of British morale, spirit and dignity in adverse circumstances. At first, the prisoners admire Nicholson when he bravely endures torture rather than compromise his principles for the benefit of the Japanese commandant Saito. He is an honorable but arrogant man, who is slowly revealed to be a deluded obsessive. He convinces himself that the bridge is a monument to British character, but actually is a monument to himself, and his insistence on its construction becomes a subtle form of collaboration with the enemy. Unknown to him, the Allies have sent a mission into the jungle, led by Warden and an American, Shears, to blow up the bridge. (Read More)
| Themes: | militarytorture |
| Characters: | military officersoldier |
| Story: | mortarblockbusterinjuryuniformarmybridgefalling from height |
Chris Taylor is a young, naive American who gives up college and volunteers for combat in Vietnam. Upon arrival, he quickly discovers that his presence is quite nonessential, and is considered insignificant to the other soldiers, as he has not fought for as long as the rest of them and felt the effe …cts of combat. Chris has two non-commissioned officers, the ill-tempered and indestructible Staff Sergeant Robert Barnes and the more pleasant and cooperative Sergeant Elias Grodin. A line is drawn between the two NCOs and a number of men in the platoon when an illegal killing occurs during a village raid. As the war continues, Chris himself draws towards psychological meltdown. And as he struggles for survival, he soon realizes he is fighting two battles, the conflict with the enemy and the conflict between the men within his platoon. (Read More)
| Themes: | military |
| Characters: | soldier |
| Story: | army baseu.s. armylatrinetarmacrainstormblockbusterpokerhand grenaderescueshootoutone word title |
Shaw was an officer in the Federal Army during the American Civil War who volunteered to lead the first company of black soldiers. Shaw was forced to deal with the prejudices of both the enemy (who had orders to kill commanding officers of blacks), and of his own fellow officers.
| Themes: | militarytorturefriendship |
| Characters: | military officeramerican soldiersoldier |
| Story: | army trainingwhat happened to epiloguegeneraluniformarmyone word title |
Johnnie loves his train ("The General") and Annabelle Lee. When the Civil War begins he is turned down for service because he's more valuable as an engineer. Annabelle thinks it's because he's a coward. Union spies capture The General with Annabelle on board. Johnnie must rescue both his loves.
| Characters: | soldier |
| Story: | u.s. armymilitary enlistmentkentuckylocked in a roomfarcecaptaingeneralarmybridgerescue |
It's 1941. Robert E. Lee Prewitt has requested Army transfer and has ended up at Schofield in Hawaii. His new captain, Dana Holmes, has heard of his boxing prowess and is keen to get him to represent the company. However, 'Prew' is adamant that he doesn't box anymore, so Captain Holmes gets his subo …rdinates to make his life a living hell. Meanwhile Sergeant Warden starts seeing the captain's wife, who has a history of seeking external relief from a troubled marriage. Prew's friend Maggio has a few altercations with the sadistic stockade Sergeant 'Fatso' Judson, and Prew begins falling in love with social club employee Lorene. Unbeknownst to anyone, the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor looms in the distance. (Read More)
| Themes: | u.s. militarymilitarytorturefriendship |
| Locations: | airplane |
| Characters: | military policesoldier |
| Story: | u.s. armyabsent without leaveblockbustersergeantcaptainuniformsinging |
Action/war drama based on the best-selling book detailing a near-disastrous mission in Somalia on October 3, 1993. On this date nearly 100 U.S. Army Rangers, commanded by Capt. Mike Steele, were dropped by helicopter deep into the capital city of Mogadishu to capture two top lieutenants of a Somali …warlord. This led to a large and drawn-out firefight between the Army Ranges, US Special Forces, and hundreds of Somali gunmen; resulting in the destruction of two U.S. Black Hawk helicopters. The film focuses on the heroic efforts of various Rangers to get to the downed black hawks, centering on SSG Eversmann, leading the Ranger unit Chalk Four to the first black hawk crash site, Chief Warrant Officer Durant who was captured after being the only survivor of the second black hawk crash, as well as many others who were involved. (Read More)
| Themes: | u.s. militarymilitary |
| Characters: | soldier |
| Story: | u.s. armyrescue missionsergeantcaptaingeneraltankuniformarmybasketballrescueshootout |
Hysteria grips California in the wake of the bombing of Pearl Harbor. An assorted group of defenders attempt to make the coast defensible against an imagined Japanese invasion, in this big budget, big cast comedy. Members of a Japanese submarine crew scout out the madness, along with a Captain in Ge …rmany's Kreigsmarine (Navy). (Read More)
| Themes: | military |
| Mood: | satire |
| Locations: | airplane |
| Characters: | soldier |
| Story: | u.s. armysergeantcaptaingeneraltankvoyeurone word title |
Col. William Guile leads an army of soldiers into the country of Shadaloo to find traces to lead him to General M. Bison, who has captured many people including three missing soldiers. Among them is Carlos "Charlie" Blanka, in which Bison decides to turn into a hideous mutant. On the other hand, Chu …n Li is a reporter who seeks revenge against Bison for the death of her father years ago. Then two small time hustlers Ryu and Ken, are arrested along with Sagat, a powerful arms dealer and Vega for dealing of illegal weapons. Guile recruits them in order to find Bison's base. Now Guile, T. Hawk, Cammy, Ryu, Ken, Chun Li, Balrog and E. Honda have three days before Bison murders the hostages and takes over the world. (Read More)
| Themes: | militarytorture |
| Characters: | russiansoldier |
| Story: | army baserescue missionroundhouse kickhand grenadegeneraltankarmyfalling from heightrescueshootout |
Four American soldiers who are in Iraq are sent on a mission to recover plates for printing 100 dollar bills that were used to print a billion dollars. After doing the job and returning to the base their commanding officer is killed in an explosion and the plates are stolen by another operative. The …y would be court martialed and sent to different prisons. 6 months later, the leader, Hannibal Smith is visited by a CIA spook who tells him he knows where the man who took the plates is and wants him and his men to recover it. So he helps him escape and he breaks out the others and they go after the plates. But after doing it, they discover that the spook might not be ok. And a military intelligence officer who was involved with one of them is pursuing them. (Read More)
| Themes: | militarytorture |
| Locations: | airplane |
| Characters: | military officersoldier |
| Story: | u.s. armyrescue missionrocket launcherblockbustersergeantcaptaingeneraltankfalling from heightrescueshootout |
In September 1971, a platoon of recruits arrives in Ft. Polk, LA, for infantry training before leaving for war. The final week takes place in Tigerland, a swamp similar to Vietnam. Jim Paxton has enlisted; he wants to experience everything and write books later. He befriends Roland Bozz, a cool Texa …n with a gift for getting into trouble and for helping misfits get discharges. At least one sociopath in the platoon hates Bozz, even as the sergeants grudgingly recognize his leadership abilities. As the platoon heads into its week in Tigerland, Paxton's body gives out, Bozz makes plans to go AWOL, and the sociopath gets hold of live ammo. Is the Louisiana swamp more dangerous than the DMZ? (Read More)
| Themes: | militarytorture |
| Characters: | military police |
| Story: | u.s. armyabsent without leavebasic trainingboot campsergeantcaptainarmysingingfemale frontal nudity |
Hayes Hodges finds his career aspirations dashed when he's wounded in Vietnam combat. He then returns to America and becomes a disillusioned lawyer who goes up against the service to defend Colonel Terry Childers, who is accused of inciting an incident that leaves many demonstrators dead. Hodges in …no position to decline: Childers heroically saved his life back in Vietnam. (Read More)
| Themes: | militaryfriendship |
| Characters: | soldier |
| Story: | u.s. armyrescue missionwhat happened to epiloguehand grenadecaptaingeneralrescueshootout |
This movie, based on the cult Broadway musical of the 60s, tells a story about Claude, a young man from Oklahoma who comes to New York City. There he strikes up a friendship with a group of hippies, led by Berger, and falls in love with Sheila, a girl from a rich family. However, their happiness is …short because Claude must go to the Vietnam war. (Read More)
| Themes: | friendship |
| Locations: | taxiairplane |
| Characters: | military police |
| Story: | u.s. armyabsent without leaveboot camphaircutsergeanttankbasketballsingingone word title |
Michael, Steven and Nick are young factory workers from Pennsylvania who enlist into the Army to fight in Vietnam. Before they go, Steven marries the pregnant Angela, and their wedding party also serves as the men's farewell party. After some time and many horrors, the three friends fall in the hand …s of the Vietcong and are brought to a prison camp in which they are forced to play Russian roulette against each other. Michael makes it possible for them to escape, but they soon get separated again. (Read More)
| Themes: | torturefriendship |
| Locations: | taxi |
| Characters: | military police |
| Story: | u.s. armyflamethrowerblockbustersergeanthand grenadebridgebasketballfalling from heightcamerarescuesinging |
Tells the story of the D-Day invasion of Normandy in WWII. There are dozens of characters, some seen only briefly, who together weave the story of five separate invasion points that made up the operation.
| Locations: | airplane |
| Characters: | american soldier |
| Story: | u.s. armyrainstormsergeanthand grenadecaptaingeneraluniformarmy |
Small-town stoner Mike Howell ('Jesse Eisenberg' (qv)) spends most of his time getting high and writing a graphic novel about a superhero monkey. What Mike doesn't know is that he was trained by the CIA to be a lethal killing machine. When the agency targets him for termination, his former handler a …ctivates his latent skills, turning the mild-mannered slacker into a deadly weapon. Now, the utterly surprised Mike must use his newfound abilities to save himself and his girlfriend from getting wasted by the failed test subjects that are sent after him by the CIA. (Read More)
| Themes: | military |
| Mood: | satire |
| Locations: | strip clubkitchenairplane |
| Characters: | soldier |
| Story: | u.s. armystonerarmored carslackerhand grenadebridgerescueshootout |
When a crusading chairperson of the military budget committee pressures the would be Navy secretary to begin full gender integration of the service, he offers the chance for a test case for a female trainee in the US Navy's elite SEAL/C.R.T. selection program. LT. Jordan O'Neill is given the assignm …ent, but no one expects her to succeed in an inhumanly punishing regime that has a standard 60% dropout rate for men. However, O'Neill is determined to prove everyone wrong. (Read More)
| Themes: | military |
| Characters: | soldier |
| Story: | basic trainingobstacle courseshower roomhit in the crotchhaircutblockbustersergeant |
The personnel at the 4077 MASH unit deal with the horrors of the Korean War and the stresses faced in surgery by whatever means. The tone at the MASH is established by recent arrivals, surgeons Captains 'Hawkeye' Pierce, 'Duke' Forrest, and 'Trapper' John McIntyre - the latter who Hawkeye knows he's … met somewhere, but Trapper who won't divulge where - whose antics can be best described as non-regulation, and in the negative words of one of their fellow MASH-ers: unmilitary. The unit's commanding officer, Colonel Henry Blake, doesn't care about this behavior as long as it doesn't affect him, and as long as they do their job and do it well, which they do. Their behavior does extremely bother fellow surgeon, Major Frank Burns, and recently arrived head nurse, Major Margaret Houlihan, who obtains the nickname 'Hot Lips' based on information they glean about her through underhanded means. Beyond their battles with Frank and Hot Lips, Hawkeye, Duke and/or Trapper help unit dentist Painless with a personal crisis, try to figure out if Hot Lips is a true blond, travel to Japan for a work and what they hope is a recreational trip, and hope to win big on a football bet against another unit in which they on the surface are the underdogs. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | military spoof |
| Themes: | military |
| Mood: | satire |
| Characters: | military officeramerican soldier |
| Story: | army lifewagerblockbusteruniformone word title |
The true story of Operation Market Garden, the Allies attempt, in September 1944, to hasten the end of WW2 by driving through Belgium and Holland into Germany. The idea was for US airborne divisions to take the towns of Eindhoven and Nijmegen and a British airborne division, reinforced by a Polish a …irborne brigade, to take the town of Arnhem. They would be reinforced, in due course and in turn, by the British XXX Corps, land-based and driving up from the British lines in the south. The key to the operation was the bridges, as if the Germans held or blew them, the paratroopers could not be relieved. Faulty intelligence, Allied high command hubris and stubborn German resistance would ensure that Arnhem was a bridge too far. (Read More)
| Locations: | airplane |
| Characters: | american soldier |
| Story: | u.s. armyblockbustersergeanttankuniformarmybridgerescue |
During WW2 a British aircraft is shot down and crashes in Nazi held territory. The Germans capture the only survivor, an American General, and take him to the nearest SS headquarters. Unknown to the Germans the General has full knowledge of the D-Day operation. The British decide that the General mu …st not be allowed to divulge any details of the Normandy landing at all cost and order Major John Smith to lead a crack commando team to rescue him. Amongst the team is an American Ranger, Lieutenant Schaffer, who is puzzled by his inclusion in an all British operation. When one of the team dies after the parachute drop, Schaffer suspects that Smith's mission has a much more secret objective. (Read More)
| Themes: | wrestlingmilitary |
| Locations: | airplane |
| Characters: | soldier |
| Story: | rescue missionsergeanthand grenadecaptaingeneraluniformbridgerescueshootout |
The story of a group of young Australian men who leave their various backgrounds behind and sign up to join the ANZACs in World War I. They are sent to Gallipoli, where they encounter the resolute Turkish army.
| Themes: | militaryfriendship |
| Story: | army lifemilitary enlistmentimplied sexinjuryuniformarmysingingone word title |
John Rambo is removed from prison by his former superior, Colonel Samuel Troutman, for a top-secret operation to bring back POW's still held in Vietnam. Rambo's assignment is to only take pictures of where the POWs are being held, but Rambo wants to get the POWs out of Vietnam. Teamed up with female … Vietnamese freedom fighter Co Bao, Rambo embarks on a mission to rescue the POWs, who are being held by sadistic Vietnamese Captain Vinh and his Russian comrade, Lieutenant Colonel Padovsky. Rambo starts killing every enemy in sight while still focusing on his intentions to rescue the POWs. There are also corrupt American officials involved in the mission, including Marshall Murdock, one of Rambo's superiors. (Read More)
| Themes: | torture |
| Characters: | russiansoldier |
| Period: | 1980s |
| Story: | rescue missionrocket launcherblockbustercold warhand grenaderescueshootout |
The biography of Ron Kovic. Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, he becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for.
| Themes: | wrestlingmilitaryfriendship |
| Locations: | taxi |
| Characters: | military officeramerican soldier |
| Story: | rainstormblockbusteruniform |
During World War II a German Colonel is captured by the Americans but before he can be interrogated an artillery barrage hits the camp. However, Ex-Lieutenant Kelly manages to reach the Colonel, get him drunk and learn that he is on a secret mission to ship $16,000,000 of gold to a base in France. K …elly is determined to get the gold and plans for himself and a few of his fellow soldiers to slip into enemy territory and steal the bullion. (Read More)
| Story: | army generalsergeanthand grenadecaptaingeneraltankarmybridgeshootout |
In 1970s San Diego, journalism was a well respected profession and people actually cared about what they saw on TV. And the top rated anchor man in the city is Ron Burgundy. He enjoys his run at the top, and has for the last five years. And his news team is equally as good as he is. Professional joc …k and former professional baseball player Champ Kind handles the sports, the curiously dim witted Brick Tamland - who's a few channels short of a cable subscription - handles the weather, and ladies' man Brian Fantana - whose collection of fine scents would be in the Guinness Book Of Records - handles the on-field reporting. But now all that is about to change forever. The TV station Burgundy works for, Channel 4, has embraced diversity and has hired a beautiful new female anchor named Veronica Corningstone. While Ron Burgundy and the rest of the Channel 4 news team enjoys fighting with competitors, drinking, and flirting with the ladies, Veronica quietly climbs her way to the top. And Veronica's success drives Ron Burgundy crazy. So much that Veronica's meddling causes Ron to get demoted and ultimately lose his job with Channel 6. Now left with nothing, Ron must find a way to get back to the top - and that involves a story about a rare Chinese panda giving birth on US soil. Will Ron be the one to report the story on a national level? (Read More)
| Themes: | friendship |
| Mood: | satire |
| Locations: | kitchen |
| Story: | hit in the crotchbreakuphaircutwhat happened to epiloguefarcehand grenadeflirtingbridgefalling from heightrescuesinging |
Pearl Harbor is a classic tale of romance set during a war that complicates everything. It all starts when childhood friends Rafe and Danny become Army Air Corps pilots and meet Evelyn, a Navy nurse. Rafe falls head over heels and next thing you know Evelyn and Rafe are hooking up. Then Rafe volunte …ers to go fight in Britain and Evelyn and Danny get transferred to Pearl Harbor. While Rafe is off fighting everything gets completely whack and next thing you know everybody is in the middle of an air raid we now know as "Pearl Harbor." (Read More)
| Themes: | u.s. militarymilitaryfriendship |
| Locations: | airplane |
| Characters: | military policemilitary officersoldier |
| Story: | u.s. armyblockbustercaptaincamera |
A reporter, trying to lose himself in the romance of war after his marriage fails, gets more than he bargains for when he meets a special forces agent who reveals the existence of a secret, psychic military unit whose goal is to end war as we know it. The founder of the unit has gone missing and the … trail leads to another psychic soldier who has distorted the mission to serve his own ends. (Read More)
| Themes: | military |
| Mood: | satire |
| Characters: | soldier |
| Story: | army trainingarmy basecold wargeneralshootout |
Still craving for the love of his life, Ted Striker follows Elaine onto the flight that she is working on as a member of the cabin crew. Elaine doesn't want to be with Ted anymore, but when the crew and passengers fall ill from food poisoning, all eyes are on Ted.
| Mood: | spoofsatire |
| Locations: | taxi drivertaxiairplane |
| Period: | 1980s |
| Story: | breakupfarceuniformbasketballcamerasingingfemale frontal nudityone word title |
In the middle of World War II, in turbulent 1942, a plane flies over Morocco and drops a Royal Canadian Air Force paratrooper who comes in to land on a drop zone, somewhere in the desert dunes outside Casablanca. Just in time before anyone notices him, the fearless Wing Commander Max Vatan gets in a … car and heads to the town with orders to meet Parisian Marianne Beausejour, a skillful member of the French Resistance. On a mission to assassinate the German Ambassador in Casablanca, the two operatives must convince every one of their true feelings as a married couple, while in the background, they need to make the necessary preparations for the critical soiree. Without delay, after the success of this suicide mission, Max and Marianne flee together to England with plans on marrying and making a family, regardless of the war. Instead, heavy clouds of distrust and suspicion threaten their relationship, when Max receives a call from the Secret Service Division to inform him that his beloved wife is actually an impostor. In disbelief, with a terrible task in his hands and crushed under a devastating dilemma, Max must find the courage to seek for answers in the perilous streets of bombarded London, regardless of the outcome. In the end, amid duty and love, who shall live and who shall die? (Read More)
| Themes: | militaryfriendship |
| Locations: | taxi drivertaxiairplane |
| Characters: | military policemilitary officeramerican soldiersoldier |
| Story: | hand grenadegeneraltankrescueshootoutone word title |
Four high-tech industrial spies, Beaupre, Alice, Jernigan and Unger, steal a top-secret microchip, and, to fool customs, hide it in a remote-control toy car. Through a baggage mix-up at the airport, grumpy old Mrs.Hess gets the toy and gives it to her neighbor, 8-year-old Alex. Spies want to get the … toy back before their clients get angry and decide to burglarize every house at Alex's street to find the chip. But Alex is prepared for their visit... (Read More)
| Themes: | friendship |
| Locations: | taxi driverairplane |
| Story: | hit in the crotchtelescopehaircutbridgebasketballfalling from heightrescue |
Colonel Katherine Powell is a UK-based military officer in command of a top secret drone operation to capture terrorists in Kenya. Through remote surveillance and on-the-ground intel, Powell discovers the targets are planning a suicide bombing and the mission escalates from "capture" to "kill." But …as American pilot Steve Watts (Aaron Paul) is about to engage, a nine-year old girl enters the kill zone triggering an international dispute, reaching the highest levels of US and British government, over the moral, political, and personal implications of modern warfare. (Read More)
| Themes: | military |
| Locations: | airplane |
| Characters: | military officersoldier |
| Story: | armored carsergeantgeneralvoyeur |
Zululand, South Africa, 1879. The British are fighting the Zulus and one of their columns has just been wiped out at Isandlwana. The Zulus next fix their sights on the small British outpost at Rorke's Drift. At the outpost are 150 British troops under the command of Lieutenants Bromhead and Chard. I …n the next few days these 150 troops will fight about 4,000 Zulus in one of the most courageous battles in history. (Read More)
| Themes: | military |
| Characters: | military officersoldier |
| Story: | sergeantwhat happened to epilogueinjuryuniformarmyshootoutsingingone word title |
Marcus Luttrell, a Navy Seal, and his team set out on a mission to capture or kill notorious Taliban leader Ahmad Shah, in late June 2005. After running into mountain herders and capturing them, they were left with no choice but to follow their rules of engagement or be imprisoned. Now Marcus and hi …s team are left to fight for their lives in one of the most valiant efforts of modern warfare. (Read More)
| Themes: | militaryfriendship |
| Locations: | airplane |
| Characters: | soldier |
| Story: | rocket launchersergeanthand grenadearmyfalling from heightcamerarescueshootout |
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