Basic(Movie, 2003)

Name: Basic
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Crime
Released: 2003
Duration: T01:38:00
Rating: 3.3

| 1h 38min | Genres: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Crime

Rating: 3.3/5 (with 445 votes)

Basic is a 2003 mystery-action thriller film directed by John McTiernan, written by James Vanderbilt, and starring John Travolta, Connie Nielsen and Samuel L. Jackson. It is the second film starring Travolta and Jackson after working on Pulp Fiction. The story follows a DEA agent solving the mystery of a bungled training exercise that leads to the deaths of multiple Army Ranger trainees and their instructor. Basic received negative reviews from critics regarding its overall plot and numerous twist endings. It was a box-office bomb, grossing only $42.8 million worldwide against a $50 million budget. As of 2024, it is McTiernan's most recent film given his subsequent criminal charges and eventual incarceration related to wiretapping. ()

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About Basic

A DEA agent investigates the disappearance of a legendary Army ranger drill sergeant and several of his cadets during a training exercise gone severely awry.

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Trailer for Basic + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

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Additional Information

Production countries: Germany, United States of America (USA)

Shot in: Florida, Panama

Plays in: Panama

Made by: Phoenix Pictures, Intermedia Films, Krane Entertainment

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 28 languages: Arabic (AR), Bulgarian (BG), Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Swedish (SV), Thai (TH), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 04/18/2003

Cast: John Travolta, Connie Nielsen, Samuel L. Jackson, Tim Daly, Giovanni Ribisi, Brian Van Holt, Taye Diggs, Dash Mihok, Harry Connick Jr., Roselyn Sánchez, Cristián de la Fuente, Margaret Travolta

Director: John McTiernan

Producer: Mike Medavoy, Dror Soref, James Vanderbilt

Screenwriter: James Vanderbilt

Film Editor: George Folsey

Director of Photography: Steve Mason

Composer: Klaus Badelt

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Formation Extrême"

"Zelené peklo"

"Basic - Hinter jeder Lüge eine Wahrheit"

"Sekcja 8."

"База Клейтон"

"Радикальный метод"

"Kuraldışı"

"База Клейтон"

Keywords: drug addiction, supreme court, military crime, ranger, military court, panama, lager, military service, court

Budget: 50,000,000 USD

Revenue: 42,792,561 USD (= 86%)

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Basic(Movie, 2003)

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