Rating: R (violence and language)
Length: 98 minutes

Widescreen 2.40:1 Color (Anamorphic)

ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1
FRENCH: Dolby Digital 5.1

English, French

Rangers are sent out on a training mission in Panama during a hurricane. Not everyone comes back alive so an ex-ranger and now suspended DEA agent (Travolta), with questionable ethics is called in to help with the investigation. One trainee is being held as a suspect, Travolta is charged with finding out from him what happened.

First off, I'll watch any movie starring Connie Nielsen, Samuel L Jackson and John Travolta. I love the banter between Nielson and Travolta and Jackson playing the bad ass instructor. The plot takes so many twists and turns that you will have to pay attention. This is not your standard boring who-done-it.

This is a movie consisting of army rangers and their training so if you're offended by colorful language and sexual innuendo, you will not find this film to be as entertaining as I have.

• Director's Commentary
• Filmographies
• "Basic: A Director's Design" Featurette
• "Basic Ingrediants: A Writer's Perspective" Featurette
• Theatrical Trailer

If you're up for a fun ride with a great cast of actors and are not easily offended, this is a movie for you. But when comparing my rating with the one at IMDB, it's obvious I enjoyed this movie more than most.

John McTiernan   [The 13th Warrior, Die Hard, Die Hard With A Vengeance, The Hunt For Red October, Predator]

Harry Connick Jr. - Vilmer

Timothy Daly - Styles

Cristián de la Fuente - Castro

[Driven, Vampires: Los Muertos]

Taye Diggs - Pike

[Equilibrium, House on Haunted Hill (1999)]

Georgia Hausserman - Pilot

Brian Van Holt - Dunbar

[Black Hawk Down, House of Wax (2005), S.W.A.T., Windtalkers]

Samuel L. Jackson - West

[Die Hard: With a Vengeance, Jackie Brown, Jurassic Park, Kill Bill Vol. 2, Pulp Fiction, Star Wars Episodes I/II/II, S.W.A.T., Snakes on a Plane, Sphere, True Romance, Unbreakable, xXx, xXx: State of the Union]

Dena Johnston - Nurse #2

Nick Loren - Helicopter Pilot

Dash Mihok - Mueller

[The Day After Tomorrow, I Am Legend, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, The Perfect Storm]

Connie Nielsen - Osborne

[The Devil's Advocate, Gladiator, The Great Raid, The Hunted, The Ice Harvest, Mission to Mars, One Hour Photo, Soldier]

Giovanni Ribisi - Kendall

[Cold Mountain, Flight of the Phoenix, The Gift, Gone in 60 Seconds, Heaven, The Postman, Saving Private Ryan, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow]

Roselyn Sanchez - Nunez

[The Game Plan]

John Travolta - Hardy

[Battlefield Earth, Be Cool, Broken Arrow, Face/Off, The General's Daughter, Get Shorty, Michael, Phenomenom, Primary Colors, Pulp Fiction, The Punisher, Swordfish]

Margaret Travolta - Nurse #1