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Movie
description |
-John
Travolta
-Samuel
L
Jackson
John
Travolta
and
Samuel
L.
Jackson
team
up
in
BASIC,
an
action-packed
military
thriller
from
director
John
McTiernan
(DIE
HARD).
Jackson
plays
Sergeant
Nathan
West,
propagator
of a
harsh
military
training
program
that
appears
to
have
pushed
a
group
of
young
recruits
too
far,
when
an
exercise
winds
up
with
them
attempting
to
kill
each
other.
Only
two
soldiers
emerge
alive
from
the
slaughter,
and
Jackson
isn't
among
them.
Rogue
DEA
agent
Tom
Hardy
(Travolta)
is
called
in
to
question
the
survivors,
teaming
up
with
Lieutenant
Julia
Osbourne
(Connie
Nielsen),
in
an
attempt
to
solve
the
puzzle.
The
two
remaining
soldiers
(played
by
Giovanni
Ribisi
and
Brian
Van
Holt)
tell
their
conflicting
tales,
with
director
McTiernan
utilizing
flashbacks
to
illustrate
what
may
have
happened
in
the
Panama
jungle.
It
quickly
transpires
that
Jackson
and
Travolta's
characters
are
old
army
acquaintances,
both
with
a
penchant
for
unorthodox
techniques;
and
when
it
transpires
that
corrupt
doctor
Bill
Styles
(Harry
Connick
Jr.)
has
been
selling
the
recruits
illegal
drugs,
it
also
appears
he
has
a
romantic
history
with
Nielsen's
character.
The
subsequent
plot
twists
come
thick
and
fast,
resulting
in a
white-knuckle
ride
to
the
finale,
in
which
nothing
can
be
taken
for
granted.
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