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Basic

Apr 18, 2003
1h 38m
★ 6.5

Deception is their most dangerous weapon.

Overview

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.

Genres

Action
Drama
Mystery
Thriller
Crime

Production Companies

Phoenix Pictures
Intermedia Films
Columbia Pictures

Cast

John Travolta

DEA Agent Tom Hardy

John Travolta

Connie Nielsen

CPT Julie Osborne

Connie Nielsen

Samuel L. Jackson

Drill Sgt. SFC Nathan West

Samuel L. Jackson

Tim Daly

COL Bill Styles

Tim Daly

Giovanni Ribisi

2LT Levi Kendall

Giovanni Ribisi

Brian Van Holt

SGT Ray Dunbar

Brian Van Holt

Taye Diggs

Pike

Taye Diggs

Dash Mihok

SGT Mueller

Dash Mihok

Cristián de la Fuente

Castro

Cristián de la Fuente

Roselyn Sánchez

Nuñez

Roselyn Sánchez

Harry Connick Jr.

Dr. Pete Vilmer

Harry Connick Jr.

Margaret Travolta

Nurse #1

Margaret Travolta

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