Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 123 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Violence
- Strong
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
The story
Jarhead is a film about a US Marine Anthony Swofford’s experience in the Gulf War. After putting up with an arduous boot camp, Swofford and his unit are sent to the Persian Gulf where they are eager to fight, but are forced to stay back from the action. Swofford struggles with the possibility of his girlfriend cheating on him, and as his mental state deteriorates, his desire to kill increases.
- sniper
- california
- gulf war
- petrol
- marine corps
- kuwait
- soldier
- based on memoir or autobiography
- iraq war
- u.s. marine
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Jake Gyllenhaal
Anthony Swofford
Jamie Foxx
Staff Sgt. Sykes
Peter Sarsgaard
Alan Troy
Scott MacDonald
D.I. Fitch
- Chris Cooper — Lt. Col. Kazinski
- Laz Alonso — Ramon Escobar
- Lucas Black — Kruger
- Brian Geraghty — Fergus O'Donnell
- Damion Poitier — Poitier
- Jocko Sims — Julius
- Dennis Haysbert — Major Lincoln
- John Krasinski — Corporal Harrigan
- Kevin Foster — Branded Marine
- Riad Galayini — Nurse
- Craig Coyne — Young Mr. Swofford
- Directed
- Sam Mendes
- Written
- William Broyles Jr.
Production
- Rating
- 6.7 / 10 · 3,229 ratings
- Studio
- Red Wagon Entertainment, Neal Street Productions
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
2005 · You’re hereJarhead
Where it starts.
Jarhead 3: The Siege
2016
Jarhead: Law of Return
2019
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
