Review of Basic (2003) by Ying B — 16 Jul 2007

Military movie with a big twist...you have to watch!

This review of Basic (2003) was written by Ying B on 16 Jul 2007.

Basic has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Andy R (367) on 10 Feb 2014

Good movie. Suspenseful, good action, good twists, though one too many, with good performances from Travolta and Jackson…

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By Jeremy W (358) on 23 Jan 2018

A masterpiece of bad movie making, watch as the plot twists erase all meaning of the characters within it…

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By Janice Page (130) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 08 Nov 2015

Falls flat on two fronts: It's neither deep and interesting enough to be a brainteaser nor sufficiently thrilling to count as a mindless diversion…

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By Evan D (304) on 06 Mar 2013

Great performances with a terrible storyline…

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By Robin N (124) on 10 Feb 2014

Good movie. Suspenseful, good action, good twists, though one too many, with good performances from Travolta and Jackson…

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By Batman321 (2) on 29 Jul 2016

Really good film with strong, good actors. It is an action film with a twist…

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By Alex W (1,471) on 02 Sep 2014

This movie was well done but way to convoluted for its own good…

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By Harry W (1,900) on 18 Nov 2014

Being the last film to date directed by John McTiernan and featuring the two lead actors from Pulp Fiction, I had hoped that Basic might be…

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By Mike Clark (1,024) for USA Today (4,117) on 13 Apr 2017

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…

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By Roland S (348) on 27 Jan 2013

I wrote a fairly detailed review and I'm sure I hit post but somehow between facebook and flixter, they lost it…

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