After his ripsnorting Australian made classic 'Two Hands', Gregor Jordan turns to military satire and black comedy in the tradition of 'Mash' and 'Catch 22'. Unfortunately, despite being quite a classy flick, it isn't in anywhere the same league as those movies, or, I might add, of 'Two Hands'.
A bunch of American soldiers stationed in Germany just prior to the fall of The Berlin Wall act like out of control frat guys, cook and sell heroin, drive around stoned in tanks and generally behave with a total lack of morality. A hard-arsed new sergeant turns up and what develops is a personal war between him and Joaquin Phoenix; the nominal leader of the frat bunch.
Despite being well acted, and genuinely funny in a few places, the film really isn't deep, just entertaining. Well worth a watch, but comparisons to M*A*S*H* are just silly.
A bunch of American soldiers stationed in Germany just prior to the fall of The Berlin Wall act like out of control frat guys, cook and sell heroin, drive around stoned in tanks and generally behave with a total lack of morality. A hard-arsed new sergeant turns up and what develops is a personal war between him and Joaquin Phoenix; the nominal leader of the frat bunch.
Despite being well acted, and genuinely funny in a few places, the film really isn't deep, just entertaining. Well worth a watch, but comparisons to M*A*S*H* are just silly.