AC's Jarhead movie review

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Will people who liked "Black Hawk Down" with Josh Hartnett like this movie?

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I don't find Gyllenhaal as dreamy, but maybe that's just personal preference.

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Does it stick to a plot and ignore all sorts of political messages? (TSC said it has no plot already)

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There isn't a whole lot in the way of plot. It does do a fairly good job of avoiding politics. One character goes as far as to say (to a fellow Marine), "Once you're out here, that's all bullshit."

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Is there good action?

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Parts of it were very, very intense. Not blood-and-gore like Black Hawk Down, but tension intense.

Overall, I liked it. The lack of a plot led to a bit of a lack of closure at the end, but maybe that was sort of the point. As pointed out by the narrator, those experiences will never go away for those who were there. I'm not a big fan of Foxxxxxx, but he did do a very good job here. Gyllenhaal was also decent.