The tepid result is like "Courage Under Fire" without the compelling Meg Ryan angle, or Travolta's 1999 "The General's Daughter" without the sexual squalor. It all feels a little moldy.
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This review of Basic (2003) was written by Mike Clark and published by USA Today on 13 Apr 2017.
Basic has generally received mixed reviews.
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