Review of Basic (2003) by Waleed A — 07 Jan 2015

I actually thought this was a fairly intriguing story that kept me into it. but overall the movie was disappointing for a few reasons,.

SPOILERS.

One specific small part was when the colonel "slipped up" when being questioned about the dead patient. he responded "you think I poisoned him" when no one else knew that yet. I know it could happen but for someone running an elaborate drug scheme and trying to avoid decades in jail, you would think he would be a little more careful.

When I first watched the film in theaters, I thought the final twist was awesome. now it just seems out of place, forced, and extremely convenient. it seems like they just made up a bunch of stuff to try to confuse people until they get to the final twist, which is basically "haha just kidding everyone is alive and everything you just watched was a lie".

Then there are other huge coincidences, like why was travolta chosen to investigate an incident that just so happened to involve half of his super secret team? you could argue that they set it up that way, but if that was the case then travolta knew that the colonel was dirty and the entire investigation was useless. And he was hand selected by the colonel because he was being investigated for bribery and might have been buy-able.

There are a lot of plot holes, I'm sure I could find more if I watched it again. It tried to be too smart for its own good. (3 views).