Heartbreak Ridge (1986)

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6.6	Rating (232 ratings)
6.9	IMDB rating

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Clint Eastwood

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Clint Eastwood
Gunnery Sergent Thomas Highway

Marsha Mason
Aggie

Everett McGill
Major Malcolm Powers

Moses Gunn
Staff Sgt. Webster

Eileen Heckart
Little Mary

Bo Svenson
Roy Jennings

Boyd Gaines
Lieutenant Ring

Mario Van Peebles
Corporal Stitch Jones

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Powerful war movie with plenty of classic Clint

14 years, 10 months ago at Jul 2 11:50

PvtCaboose91

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"My name's Gunnery Sergeant Highway and I've drunk more beer and banged more quiff and pissed more blood and stomped more ass that all of you numbnuts put together! Now Major Powers has put me in charge of this reconisence platoon."

Produced and directed by the legendary Clint Eastwood (who also plays the lead role), Heartbreak Ridge is a remarkable war-drama which essentially featu... read more

An average movie

11 years ago at May 19 10:42

johanlefourbe

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Honestly, I wasn’t sure what to expect from this flick but since I have always been a fan of Clint Eastwood’s directing work, I was really eager to check this flick. Basically, it is one of his more commercial and more accessible movies and it was quite entertaining but nothing mind-blowing whatsoever. The thematic is actually similar to ‘Full Metal Jacket’ (which would be released a year ... read more

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Hard-nosed, hard-living Marine Gunnery Sergeant Tom Highway (Clint Eastwood) clashes with his superiors and his ex-wife as he takes command of a spoiled recon platoon with a bad attitude.

Release date: 5 December 1986
UPC: 085391859727

Tags: War (10), Drama (8), 1986 (8), Action (5), Clint Eastwood (5), Military (5), 1980s (4), Marines (3), Training (2), Invasion (2), Usa (2), 1980's (1), Tv (1), 80's (1), Comedy (1), Alcoholism (1), HQ (1), Haaste (1), 150_2007 (1), Warner Bros. (1)

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