Few Good Men, A (DVD)

When I first bought 'A few Good Men' on DVD my dad swore it was the worst film he had ever seen, probably because he dislikes Jack Nicholson. I watched it later than evening and totally disagreed. if you haven't seen it, you must! 'A Few Good Men' is a unanimously acclaimed drama that highlights the dangerous and sometime precarious differences between following the orders of a military code of conduct and following one's conscience and moral code. The films plot spawns from something that upon first glance doesn't seem like it can provide any element of drama, interest or suspense, yet 'A Few Good Men' is and probably always will be one of the ...  Read the complete review

As courtroom dramas go, the 90s was a pretty good decade. It seemed that every Tom, Dick and Harry who wanted to make a good drama used an element of the courtroom to win the audience over, and most of these came in the form of adapting John Grisham's novels to the big screen. However, in amongst these comes this powerful and well scripted and acted little film. With quotability in abundance, Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson and Demi Moore came onto the screens to investigate the suspicious death of a marine. Naval defense lawyer Daniel Kaffee (Cruise) and JoAnne Galloway (Moore) attempt to prove the defendants accused of murder were acting under orders, and ...  Read the complete review

"A Few Good Men" was a major US motion picture based on the Broadway play of the same name starring some of the biggest names in Hollywood. The story revolves around a legal defence team in the court-martial of two young low-ranking marines accused of murdering one of their fellow marines. It transpires that the accused marines had been covertly ordered to "train" the unfortunate victim with a "Code Red", a type of unofficial discipline administered by fellow marines, when he went out of the chain of command to request a transfer based on his substandard performance and poor health. The victim is disliked by his fellow marines and superior ...  Read the complete review

This 1992 made courtroom drama starring Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore, Kevin Bacon and Kevin Pollak is as great to watch today as it was when first released. The film is based on a play of the same name written by Aaron Sorkin and is directed by Ron Reiner. It runs for 138 totally gripping minutes and was nominated for (but didn't win any) 4 Oscars including for Best Picture and Best Supporting Actor (Jack Nicholson). The story, and court case, centres around the court martial of two U.S. Marines accused of murdering a fellow under performing marine and whether the murder was solely malicious or if they were acting on the orders of a ...  Read the complete review

Crikey, it's been a while since I've written one of these bad boys, so you'll excuse me if I'm a little review-rusty... Fingering through my ever-expanding film collection a couple of nights back, I came across an old fave which I decided to give a long-awaited run out. 'A Few Good Men' is the movie in question, and what a little corker it is. I don't know what it is exactly, but there's something about a good courtroom drama that gets me going something proper. Tom Cruise plays Lieutenant Daniel Kaffey, a talented yet cocky Naval defence lawyer handed the unenviable task of defending two marines who admit that their ...  Read the complete review