Basic (film)
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| Directed by | John McTiernan |
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Mike Medavoy Michael Tadross Dror Soref James Vanderbilt |
| Written by | James Vanderbilt |
| Starring |
John Travolta Samuel L. Jackson Connie Nielsen Tim Daly Giovanni Ribisi Roselyn Sanchez Taye Diggs Harry Connick, Jr. Brian Van Holt Cristian de la Fuente Dash Mihok |
| Music by | Klaus Badelt |
| Cinematography | Steve Mason |
| Edited by | George Folsey Jr. |
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| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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April 3, 2003 |
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Running time
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98 minutes |
| Country | Germany, United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $50 million |
| Box office | $42.8 million |
Basic is a 2003 American/German mystery-action thriller film directed by John McTiernan and starring John Travolta, Connie Nielsen and Samuel L. Jackson.
As of 2016, this is McTiernan's most recent film, and it is the second collaboration of Travolta and Jackson, following 1994's Pulp Fiction.
In Panama, a team of Army Rangers led by Master Sergeant Nathan West (Samuel L. Jackson) engage in a jungle training exercise that involves live ammunition. Sergeant Ray Dunbar emerges from the jungle carrying wounded Second Lieutenant Levi Kendall. The two men are pursued by Sergeant Mueller, who is shooting at them, and Dunbar kills Mueller in self-defense. Although no other bodies are found, West's team are presumed dead.
Dunbar refuses to talk to Military Police investigator Captain Julia Osborne (Connie Nielsen) and insists on speaking to a fellow Ranger from outside the base, drawing an "8" a piece of paper. Tthe base commander Colonel Bill Styles (Timothy Daly) calls in an experienced interrogator DEA agent Tom Hardy (John Travolta) who is also an ex-Ranger, and assigns him to aid Osborne.
West was infamous for being a ruthless, tough-as-nails sergeant. One of the trainees, Pike, has earned West's wrath for not following the orders, and may have staged the murder.
Kendall, son of a Joint Chiefs of Staff general, is a homosexual and claims West hated him and may have ordered "training accident" on him. He claims West died when hit in the back with a white phosphorus grenade. When Pike confessed to the crime, Dunbar wanted to turn him in; a firefight ensued, in which most of the trainees were killed.
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