Basic (2003) - New Movie Reviews

Basic (2003)

Synopsis: Six Army Ranger trainees of elite Special Forces head out into a hurricane for a training exercise into jungles of Panama along with the thoroughly disliked Sgt. West (Jackson). When they fail to rendezvous at their pickup point, the base commander (Tim Daly) searches for them by helicopter.

From that vantage point, he spots Dunbar (Brian Van Holt) carrying a badly wounded Kendall (Giovanni Ribisi) the son of a high-profile Joint Chiefs of Staff official, then witnesses Dunbar exchange gunfire with a third recruit, Mueller (Dash Mihok), killing the latter.

Neither of the survivors are willing to talk to investigating officer Capt. Julia Osborne (Nielsen). The commander calls in an old friend an ex-Army Ranger turned DEA agent Hardy (Travolta).

Hardy is under investigation for accepting bribes from local drug traffickers., but it turns out he trained under West and hated him as much as the current recruits.

She is also uneasy when she learns that Hardy once trained under West and hates him almost as passionately as his current recruits. With time running out, Hardy and Osborne call a truce and set out on finding the truth.