Movie
Basic
Deception is their most dangerous weapon.
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.
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Synopsis
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.
More about Basic
Cast
John TravoltaDEA Agent Tom Hardy
Connie NielsenCPT Julie Osborne
Samuel L. JacksonDrill Sgt. SFC Nathan West
Tim DalyCOL Bill Styles
Giovanni Ribisi2LT Levi Kendall
Brian Van HoltSGT Ray Dunbar
Taye DiggsPike
Dash MihokSGT MuellerCredits
- Directed by
- John McTiernan
- Written by
- James Vanderbilt
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $50M
- Box office
- $42.8M
Production
Phoenix PicturesUnited States
Intermedia FilmsUnited Kingdom
Columbia PicturesUnited States
