Jarhead

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(action, biography, drama, war)

Jarhead (the self-imposed moniker of the Marines) follows "Swoff" (Gyllenhaal), a third-generation enlistee, from a sobering stint in boot camp to active duty, sporting a sniper's rifle and a hundred-pound ruck on his back through Middle East deserts with no cover from intolerable heat or from Iraqi soldiers, always potentially just over the next horizon. Swoff and his fellow Marines sustain themselves with sardonic humanity and wicked comedy on blazing desert fields in a country they don't understand against an enemy they can't see for a cause they don't fully fathom... Foxx portrays Sergeant Sykes, a Marine lifer who heads up Swofford's scout/sniper platoon, while Sarsgaard is Swoff's friend and mentor, Troy, a die-hard member of STA-their elite Marine Unit..

actors:

Jake Gyllenhaal as Swoff
Scott MacDonald as D.I. Fitch
Lo Ming as Bored Gunny
Kevin Foster as Branded Marine
Peter Sarsgaard as Troy
Damion Poitier as Poitier
Riad Galayini as Nurse
Craig Coyne as Young Mr. Swofford
Katherine Randolph as Young Mrs. Swofford
Rini Bell as Swoff's Sister
Dendrie Taylor as Mrs. Swofford
James Morrison as Mr. Swofford
Arman Zajic as Boy Swoff
Brianne Davis as Kristina
Jamie Foxx as Staff Sgt. Sykes
directors:
Sam Mendes
rating:7.30

See also: Action: Vertical Limit