Sean Murphy
When i was in the gulf war, we just had a M16 rifle, chewing gum and a very small toilet roll that incidentally had to last for our whole tour of duty. In this film there are lazer guns, romulan mind-melds an Alien from the planet xena-4 plus every soldier seems to quote " Beam me up scotty" before they get shot. If you want a good action movie go for Wind In The Willows part 2, or you could just watch a few episodes of star trek which may have the same effect on you. Basically don't watch this film. its no good, its akin to jumping around naked with a pineapple superglued to one of your feet. i watched it twice and dozed off several times and that was just during the opening credits. which took almost twenty minutes to get through as for the sound effects they were boring. hang on am i reviewing the right film? this is citizen kane is it not?.
Steven Kind
I recently just saw this movie and overall I would give it five out of ten stars because overall it was a decent film not perfect but decent. There are many different reasons why I gave this film a five out of ten. War movies are definitely one of my favorite genres of movies but this movie is definitely not one of the best war movies. This movie lacks a lot of realism it is not as realistic as some other films. I am not going to share any spoilers but this movie can be very unrealistic at times. I would say that this movie is definitely better than the first Jarhead because it had a lot more action. This movie is focused mostly around combat while the first film gets more in depth into the lives of the characters. But in this movie you don't learn that much about the characters lives and you have to try to figure out many different things about each characters personality. This movie also has many different action scenes that will keep you on the edge of your seat but there should be more. I definitely have seen better War films like Saving Private Ryan and Full Metal Jacket. But I will definitely remember this film as a great story about a group of Marines.
johnbaiocco
To start off, I thought the movie was "okay" at best. The beginning of the movie was great, the plot was strong and engaged me right away. But as time went on, the plot started to thin, the acting got worse, the dialogue bored me, but i still had hope for this film. One of the larger, suspenseful scenes, yet one of the worst was when they were sitting on the road in defensive position for a possible IED, waiting for another squad to show up. This lasted hours in the film and about 25-35 real time. Finally, one of the soldiers emerged from the vehicle to check on the possible IED. Sure enough there was one, and of course he was able to deactivate it. While this scene ate up 30 minutes of your time, the suspense wore off after the first 5-7 minutes, when you realized nothing was happening. Finally moving on from that... they moved on and later engaged the enemy... These action scenes were actually quite impressive, given the previous scenes. Moving on from the cliché, battle scenes
. They meet a lone Navy Seal, who has a woman who is fleeing the country. They meet up, take them in and keep moving on
. This is where the plot falls off its original path and starts to fade off into a new story line. They Army team originally assigned to moving goods between bases, now "has" to help this navy seal deliver this girl or as referred to the movie as the "Package". They then take you on this mission, where more and more members of the original Army squad die off, and the cliché war movie effect starts to take over. Over all, if you're looking for a war movie, just to watch
that really doesn't lead anywhere and sends you on a journey of random missions
this is the movie for you. 5 out 10 stars.
bowmanblue
I enjoyed the first 'Jarhead' film and was curious as to what any 'sequel' would be like. However, at least I kept my expectations low as I knew this was not produced by the same cast or crew as the first, plus part II was released straight-to-DVD, so, how good could it be? The answer... quite good actually, but only as a generic war film, rather than a sequel.Okay, so occasionally the film mimics the original in style (think captions, mainly near the beginning) and it uses the term 'jarhead' a couple of times, but that's about it. In fact... I'm running out of other things that link the two films.So, the best thing to do is basically just ignore everything you know about the first movie and go with what's on offer. And, what's on offer is a war movie set in modern Afghanistan. A small team of marines (or 'jarheads' to be precise) are on a routine mission, only to find themselves forced to protect an important female local as she travels across arguably one of the most dangerous regions in the world.Bottom line: if you like war films, you'll probably enjoy this. It's actually got a half reasonable budget and doesn't feel too much like a straight-to-DVD movie.
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