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In 1989, Anthony "Swoff" Swofford, whose father served in the Vietnam War, attends U.S. Marine Corps training
before being stationed at Camp Pendleton. Claiming that he joined the military because he "got lost on the way
to college", Swofford finds his time at Camp Pendleton difficult, and struggles to make friends. While Swofford
feigns illness to avoid his responsibilities, a "lifer", Staff Sergeant Sykes, takes note of his potential and
orders Swofford to attend his Scout Sniper course. After grueling training, the Scout Sniper course is left with
eight candidates, among them Swofford, now a sniper, and Swofford's roommate Corporal Alan Troy who becomes his spotter.
When Iraq invades Kuwait, Swofford's unit is deployed to the Arabian Peninsula as a part of Operation Desert Shield.
Eager for combat, the Marines find themselves bored with remedial training, constant drills, and a routine monotony
that feeds their boredom, and prompts them to talk about the unfaithful girlfriends and wives waiting for them at
home. They even erect a bulletin board featuring photographs and brief notes telling what perfidies the women had committed.
Swofford obtains unauthorized alcohol and organizes an impromptu Christmas party, arranging for Fergus to cover his
watch so he can celebrate. Fergus accidentally sets fire to a tent while cooking some sausages and ignites a crate
of flares, waking the whole camp and enraging Staff Sergeant Sykes, who demotes Swofford from lance corporal to
private and puts him on "shit-burning" detail. The punishments, combined with the heat, the boredom, and Swofford's
suspicions of his girlfriend's infidelity, give Swofford a mental breakdown, to the point where he threatens Fergus
with a rifle, then orders Fergus to shoot him instead. Later, Operation Desert Storm begins and the Marines are sent to
the Saudi Arabia-Kuwait border. Swofford learns from Sykes that Troy concealed his criminal record when enlisting and
will be discharged when the unit returns home. Troy becomes distant from his friends. Knowing that Troy will not be
allowed to reenlist, the Marines attack him with a red-hot USMC branding iron, marking him as one of their own. Following
an accidental air attack from friendly forces, the Marines advance through the desert, facing no enemies on the ground.
The Marines march through the Highway of Death, strewn with the burnt vehicles and charred bodies of retreating Iraqi
soldiers, the aftermath of a bombing campaign. The Marines later catch sight of distant burning oil wells, ignited only
moments before by retreating Iraqis, and they attempt to dig sleeping holes as a rain of crude oil falls from the sky.
Before they can finish, Sykes orders the squad to move upwind.
The denouement of the movie occurs when Swofford and Troy are finally given a sniping mission. Lieutenant Colonel Kazinski,
their battalion commander, orders them to kill at least one of two high-ranking Iraqi Republican Guard officers at a nearby
airfield. At the last second before Swofford takes the shot, Major Lincoln interrupts them to call in an air strike. Swofford
and Troy protest, but are overruled and look on in disappointment as airplanes destroy the Iraqi airfield. During a monologue,
Swofford realizes that all of his training and effort to achieve the elite status as a marine sniper is meaningless in modern
warfare; it was an arduous and glorious path that led nowhere. It is time to start anew. After returning home the Marines parade
through a town in a jovial celebration of victory. Swofford returns home to his family and girlfriend but discovers she has a
new boyfriend. Fowler is seen with a prostitute in a bar, Kruger in a corporate boardroom, Escobar as a supermarket employee,
Cortez as a father of three, and Sykes continuing his service as a first sergeant in the Iraq War. Later, Swofford learns of
Troy's death during a surprise visit from Fergus. He attends his funeral, reunites with some of his old friends and afterwards
reminisces about the effects of the war.
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Jake Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard, Chris Cooper, Jamie Foxx
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Director: Sam Mendes
Producers: Douglas Wick & Lucy Fisher
Released - November 4, 2005
Length - 123 minutes
Music Composer: Thomas Newman
Movie Distributed by Universal Pictures
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