Basic

Name: Basic
Cast: John Travolta, Connie Nielsen, Samuel L. Jackson, Tim Daly, Giovanni Ribisi

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When a hurricane hits a US Army base on the edge of the Panama Canal, an elite covert operations team of US Army Rangers recruits are on a routine jungle training exercise that goes horribly awry. Only two recruits are rescued, one of which is badly injured, but both have different accounts regarding the fate of their leader, legendary and ruthless Army Ranger Drill Sergeant Nathan West, and the rest of their platoon. Tom Hardy, an ex-army Ranger turned maverick DEA agent is brought in to solve the mystery and uncover what really happened out there.

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Cast & Crew

Director: John McTiernanWriter: James VanderbiltProducers: Arnold Messer, Basil Iwanyk, Jonathan D. Krane, Michael Tadross, Mike Medavoy, Moritz Borman, Nigel Sinclair

John Travolta

as DEA Agent Tom Hardy

Connie Nielsen

as CPT Julie Osborne

Samuel L. Jackson

as Drill Sgt. SFC Nathan West

Tim Daly

as COL Bill Styles

Giovanni Ribisi

as 2LT Levi Kendall

Brian Van Holt

as SGT Ray Dunbar

Taye Diggs

as Pike

Dash Mihok

as SGT Mueller

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