A Few Good Men 1992 by AverageMansReviews

A Few Good Men 1992 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/homophobic slur/torture/shooting/suicide/animal cruelty

How far would you go to carry out an order?: Basically; Lieutenant/Junior Grade Daniel Kaffee, USN, JAG Corps [Tom Cruise:] a self-assured individual attorney that gets given the task to get these two low ranking Marines court case dealt with alongside his colleague Lieutenant/Junior Grade Sam Weinberg, USN, JAG Corps [Kevin Pollak:] he is here to assist in this case and then the final one in this trio is  Lieutenant Commander Joanne "Jo" Galloway, USN, JAG Corps [Demi Moore:] she is the one that called for help in this situation and she the highest ranking officer out of three of them. But as always not everything goes according to plan as between these three officers they really don't want to cross paths with Colonel Nathan R. Jessep, USMC [Jack Nicholas:] that is the superior officer Marine Ground Forces, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and his right-hand man First Lieutenant Jonathan James Kendrick, USMC [Kiefer Sutherland:] there is only one more thing that this man believes in other than the Marine Corps and that is God.

The framework and pacing of this 138 minutes film is progressively good as in it just needs to keep consistently moving forward. Which swiftly brings me onto the character developments and the performances, simply because if you don't now as in if you weren't born yet from 1992 this project is a courtroom drama so it needs a well rounded cast of characters and performances; the cast at minimum has to be a good performance and bring something to the table regardless of the size of the role. So the character developments are reliably good of what they are meant to be, but however it is at the performers to take them and run with them. For a couple of examples; Lieutenant/Junior Grade Daniel Kaffee, USN, JAG Corps and Lieutenant Commander Joanne "Jo" Galloway, USN, JAG Corps that may be on the same side, but to begin with they don't exactly get on so we have this kind of comedy and other similar tone comedy in other dialogue exchanges or/and we have Lieutenant/Junior Grade Daniel Kaffee, USN, JAG Corps trying to work out things with  Captain Jack Ross, USMC, Judge Advocate Division [Kevin Bacon:] a good friend of Kaffee, but in short a prosecutor for the other side and yes go  Galloway is also involved in one of their conversations and this is one of Nicholson's best performances as Colonel Nathan R. Jessep, USMC it is alongside his performances as Jack Torrance from The Shining 1980 and Jack Napier/the Joker from a Batman 1989; as somebody you don't want to ever cross especially in his territory as he has seemingly got all his bases covered and finally we even have time for one scene with Corporal Carl Edward Hammaker, USMC [Cuba Gooding Jr.] giving evidence in this trial.

Art: we have a little bit of art having pictures of these monuments/statues for an example The Washington Monument.

This film receives: 10/10, this film is top-notch entertainment; this film is one of those films that you need to see once in your lifetime as I have already pointed out it has a very well established cast and this should be absolutely no surprise but it also has awards accredited to its name 10 Winners that includes ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards 1994 ASCAP Award Top Box Office Films Marc Shaiman and Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 1993 CFCA Best Supporting Actor Jack Nicholson. 30 Nominees that includes 4 from the Academy Awards Oscars 1993 Best Picture David Brown Rob Reiner Andrew Scheinman, Best Actor in a Supporting Role Jack Nicholson, Best Sound Kevin O'Connell Rick Kline Robert Eber Best and Film Editing Robert Leighton.