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Basic (2003)
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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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.
Rating:R
Genre:Action, Thriller, Crime
Written By:James Vanderbilt
In Theaters:4/18/2003
Box Office:$42,792,561
Runtime:98 minutes
Studio:Phoenix Pictures, Intermedia Films, Columbia Pictures
Cast
John McTiernan
Director
John Travolta
DEA Agent Tom Hardy
Connie Nielsen
CPT Julie Osborne
Samuel L. Jackson
Drill Sgt. SFC Nathan West
Tim Daly
COL Bill Styles
Giovanni Ribisi
2LT Levi Kendall
Brian Van Holt
SGT Ray Dunbar
Taye Diggs
Pike
Dash Mihok
SGT Mueller
Cristián de la Fuente
Castro
Roselyn Sánchez
Nuñez
Harry Connick Jr.
Dr. Pete Vilmer
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