Basic (2003)
Directed by John McTiernan · 98 min · Action, Thriller, Crime
14.1 TOPICAL score · #5,146 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →When a hurricane hits a US Army base on the edge of the Panama Canal, an elite covert operations team of US Army Rangers recruits are on a routine jungle training exercise that goes horribly awry. Only two recruits are rescued, one of which is badly injured, but both have different accounts regarding the fate of their leader, legendary and ruthless Army Ranger Drill Sergeant Nathan West, and the rest of their platoon. Tom Hardy, an ex-army Ranger turned maverick DEA agent is brought in to solve the mystery and uncover what really happened out there.
Basic (2003, directed by John McTiernan) has a TOPICAL score of 14.1 - ranked 5,146 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on cast and lasting engagement, and lowest on awards. Critics: 21% on Rotten Tomatoes · 4.5/10 critics' average · Metacritic 34. Audiences: TMDB 6.5/10 (1,186 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 30 languages.
Why this score
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- Critics21% on Rotten Tomatoes · 4.5/10 critics' average · Metacritic 34
- AudienceTMDB 6.5/10 (1,186 ratings)
- Awards0 wins, 0 nominations
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 30 languages
- Still read19,285 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: John Travolta (actor #322), Connie Nielsen (actor #822), Samuel L. Jackson (actor #90), Tim Daly
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