Buffalo Soldiers
Steal All That You Can Steal.
Joaquin Phoenix ("Signs", "Gladiator") leads an all-star cast in a wickedly funny comedy that entertains in the edgy tradition of "Pulp Fiction"! A U.S. soldier with nothing to fight but boredom as the Cold War winds down, Ray Elwood (Phoenix) enjoys the rush of trading anything he can get his hands on in West Germany's booming black-market... while his inept commander (Ed Harris - "The Hours") is none the wiser. Everything is perfect... until he starts dating the new sergeant's daughter (Anna Paquin - "X-Men 1&2")! But before he can pull off one last big score, Elwood's escalating personal war with Sergeant Lee (Scott Glenn - "Training Day") will send him deeper into a deadly mess... that may not have a way out!
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A Comedy? - MindsEye
Who wrote the description for this movie? "wickedly funny"?
There is nothing funny in this movie. Even the drug-addled tank trip lacks any vision for what might be comedic.
To compare this to Pulp Fiction is far fetched and horribly misleading.
This is about a drug lab shyster working underground while being stationed at a military base.
Take a pass. You won't be missing anything.Pretty boaring... - cowellj
1989. The Berlin Wall is about to fall, and the world is about to be made safe for the new world order. But outside of Stuttgart, West Germany, at Theodore Roosevelt Army Base, Specialist Ray Elwood of the 317th Supply Battalion is about to find his own cold war turn white hot. Elwood's a lovable rogue, a conscript who's managed to turn his military servitude into a blossoming network of black market deals, more out of boredom than ambition. Officially, there's his day job as battalion secretary to the inept but caring Commander Wallace Berman. On the side, there's everything from selling the locals stolen Mop'N'Glo to cooking heroin for the base's ruthless head of Military Police, Sgt. Saad. When a new top sergeant arrives, with the avowed intention of cleaning the base up, Elwood thinks the new blood is nothing he can't handle, especially after he lays eyes on the top's daughter, rebellious Robyn. But that was before he figured in the $5 million in stolen arms that just landed on his lap, Berman's jealous wife, an insane Turkish drug dealer, and, of course, the resulting lust, betrayal, and murder.
I thought this movie was really boaring, I fell asleep half way though I think.Hmmmm! - Muggins
Dark humour? Black comedy? I think not!
I rented this film mainly on the strength of it starting Phoenix, Harris and Glenn and really didn't have too much idea as to what it was about but did hope for more than what I found! It was quite slow to get going and then when it did I found it to be completely unbelievable (stoned tank driver taking out a public gas station with the requisite HUGE explosion which no one seems to come to investigate). I couldn't make a connection with any of the characters and as such I didn't really care what happened to any of them!
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A Comedy? - MindsEye
Who wrote the description for this movie? "wickedly funny"?
There is nothing funny in this movie. Even the drug-addled tank trip lacks any vision for what might be comedic.
To compare this to Pulp Fiction is far fetched and horribly misleading.
This ...Pretty boaring... - cowellj
1989. The Berlin Wall is about to fall, and the world is about to be made safe for the new world order. But outside of Stuttgart, West Germany, at Theodore Roosevelt Army Base, Specialist Ray Elwood of the 317th Supply Battalion is about to find his own cold ...Hmmmm! - Muggins
Dark humour? Black comedy? I think not!
I rented this film mainly on the strength of it starting Phoenix, Harris and Glenn and really didn't have too much idea as to what it was about but did hope for more than what I found! It was quite slow to ...