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By Micael S (28) on 09 Jul 2007

A boring john Travolta in a film that doesn´t get us…

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By Brianna T (17) on 06 Jul 2007

There are so many twist and turns in this movie you will love it…

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By Thomas S (1,263) on 05 Jul 2007

Perhaps more truthful than people will imagine. A good look into what man is capable of…

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By Nick G (800) on 05 Jul 2007

I wasn't expecting too much from this movie, but damn did it deliver, great flick…

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By Lisa K (449) on 05 Jul 2007

A military whodunit with plenty of twists & turns. Must see for Samuel L. Jackson fans…

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By Thomas F (401) on 04 Jul 2007

WTF…

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By Emilya. (2) on 25 Jan 2007

I really enjoyed this movie. John Travolta and Sam Jackson are two of my favorite actors. I thought the twist behind it was very creative…

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By Donnieb. (7) on 26 Jul 2006

It is amazing to see how the world is full of sub-intelligent moviewatchers and critics, who find it hard or impossible to understand a more…

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By Timp. (5) on 07 May 2006

A clever thriller from start to finish - highly recommended for those who have a decent attention span…

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By Stephanie Zacharek (2,333) for Salon.com (2,725) on 07 Feb 2006

Watching a movie should never be such torture…

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By Daniel M. Kimmel (1,403) for Worcester Telegram & Gazette (604) on 04 Jan 2004

The problem is that we've been given nothing to make us care for any of these people, so when the mysteries unravel there's nothing in the…

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By Ian Waldron-Mantgani (282) for UK Critic (265) on 07 Jul 2003

The final parts of this movie are the kind that you'd swear were slapped on by the studio, until you realise the whole story must have been…

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By Marty Mapes (591) for Movie Habit (892) on 17 May 2003

I had to take on faith that the plot could, theoretically, be made sense of…

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By Philip Martin (1,107) for Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (1,391) on 04 May 2003

Noisy, dark and headache-inducing, John McTiernan's Basic is one of those brain-twisting legal thrillers that can only be enjoyed by those…

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By Michael Szymanski (206) for Zap2it.com (379) on 26 Apr 2003

Nope, nothing subtle here. The whole movie isn't subtle…

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By Mark Palermo (504) for The Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) (715) on 23 Apr 2003

It would be one thing if McTiernan were saying something about truth's impenetrable nature -- really he's just jerking viewers into a state…

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By Leigh Johnson (17) for Hollywood.com (1,014) on 16 Apr 2003

With its catchy, one-word title and colorful cast of characters, Basic is just begging for a sequel: Basic 2: Explaining the Unresolved Plot…

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By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Creative Loafing (2,337) on 15 Apr 2003

Any hope of a modern-day Rashomon is soon dashed as the movie gets bogged down in a haphazard series of twists, turns, backslides and pirouettes…

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By Andrea Chase (1,182) for Killer Movie Reviews (1,182) on 04 Apr 2003

[McTiernan] builds his momentum until by the end, the truth turns on a dime so quickly that it all but leaves a sonic boom in its wake…

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By David Sterritt (1,643) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 02 Apr 2003

Travolta and Jackson have some effective scenes, but Nielsen is lacking in charisma, and James Vanderbilt's screenplay ought to be court-martialed…

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