Heartbreak Ridge
Overview
A hard-nosed, hard-living Marine gunnery sergeant clashes with his superiors and his ex-wife as he takes command of a spoiled recon platoon with a bad attitude.
Reviews (3)
Wuchak (Rated: 6)
A more comedic version of “The Dirty Dozen,” but taking place in 1983 and starring Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood’s "Heartbreak Ridge" (1986) stars Eastwood as a tough, soon-to-retire Marine gunnery sergeant who conflicts with the brass and his former-wife (Marsha Mason) as he takes comman...
John Chard (Rated: 7)
Crusty Clint is still not to be messed with.
One of Clint Eastwood's most accessible 80s movies, Heartbreak Ridge sees the gruff actor on very fine form, this even though the "war is hell" core that fills out the last quarter via a rather silly gun toting rescue mission in Grenada does lack convi...
r96sk (Rated: 7)
'Heartbreak Ridge' is a rather good war film, one I enjoyed a fair bit.
Clint Eastwood, to no-one's surprise, is the best performer from the onscreen talent, though I did like the support cast - namely Mario Van Peebles, Boyd Gaines and Arlen Dean Snyder.
The plot is, although obvious...
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