During a special operations training mission in Panama, four U.S. soldiers are killed mysteriously, and their leader, Sgt. Nathan West, goes missing. The journey to uncover the truth leads to some dangerous and unexpected places when two rescued survivors tell dramatically different versions of what transpired.
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September 30, 2010
Basically bad and sorry attempt at a thriller.April 10, 2003
Made up of remnants from other, better films.April 01, 2003
Nothing is as it appears, except the fact that nothing is as it appears.March 31, 2010
Director John McTiernan does a swell job with James Vanderbilt's sneaky script in keeping us guessing.March 31, 2003
[Basic] had a great sense of itself and it had a lot of fun taking us from one corner to the next and then spinning us around until we got dizzy and didn't know where we were. I like that.January 06, 2004
Basic is one of those rare movies without even a single redeeming quality.January 04, 2004
The problem is that we've been given nothing to make us care for any of these people, so when the mysteries unravel there's nothing in the answers that hit us at a gut level.April 21, 2004
McTiernan's bitten off way more than he could chew, spicing up the Usual Suspects approach with a dash of Rashomon and a little of help from A Few Good Men.April 29, 2009
A poor effort with a confusing story and ridiculous plot twist after plot twist.October 14, 2003
A estrutura narrativa (obviamente inspirada em Rashomon) é interessante, mas a necessidade de criar reviravoltas surpreendentes praticamente destrói o filme, já que, ao final da projeção, nada mais faz sentido.April 22, 2003
You can fall asleep in the first reel, wake up at the end, and know as much as anyone else.March 28, 2003
Travolta is a vital presence that constantly holds our attention, even when the script is threatening to lose it.