There really is nothing like a good Clint Eastwood war flick. I'm just about ready to go on a commie hunt after this one.
In Heartbreak Ridge, Eastwood plays Thomas Highway, an aging, tough-as-nails (no surprise there) Marine Gunnery Sergeant in the '80s unwilling (or perhaps unable) to let go of the Marines he knows and loves, whipping a platoon into shape along the way.
Just imagine the stock Eastwood character's (Dirty Harry, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, etc.) reaction to hot pants and the Moonwalk. That's pretty much what this movie is.
This isn't a traditional war movie in the sense that for most of its duration, the film focuses on Highway's training of his platoon. Think Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket with less combat and without the... gloom.
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