• Sam Mendes
• United States
• English
• Drama
• 2005
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A euphemism for the US marines, Jarhead is not your typical war movie. While it is about the war in Iraq, specifically the first Gulf war, just don’t expect to see intense fighting, suicide bombers, too much blood and the usual milieu. Instead, one learns that, really, being stationed there, if there’s just no action, its just darn boring.

This was especially true for this unit who never encountered enemy fire during their sting. Countless hours, days, weeks, and even months of waiting, trying to be sane, worrying about wives and girlfriends screwing the just too friendly neighbor or buddy; enduring the scorching sun in the desert and tolerating the inanities of your superiors and fellow soldiers. It is dealing with paranoia, anxiety, frustrations and madness that it is not too farfetched to think that the war is not really between these Americans and insurgents, but within the soldier themselves. After they’ve gone through all of this, it just comes to an unexpected stop. The war ends, everybody is cheering and celebrating and one reflects, what is in store for me when I get back?