Rating: R
Genre:
Drama
Theatrical Release: 12/11/1992(USA)
Release Date: 07/01/2008
SubTitles: English/Espanol
Dubbed: English/Espanol
Sound: DD2
Run Time: 138 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Profanity
Distributor/Studio: Sony Pictures
In this military courtroom drama based on the play by
Aaron Sorkin, Navy lawyer
Lt. Daniel Kaffee (
Tom Cruise) is assigned to defend two Marines, Pfc.
Louden Downey (
James Marshall) and Lance Cpl.
Harold Dawson (
Wolfgang Bodison), who are accused of the murder of fellow leatherneck Pfc.
William Santiago (
Michael de Lorenzo) at the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Kaffee generally plea bargains for his clients rather than bring them to trial, which is probably why he was assigned this potentially embarassing case, but when Lt. Commander
JoAnne Galloway (
Demi Moore) is assigned to assist
Kaffee, she is convinced that there's more to the matter than they've been led to believe and convinces her colleague that the case should go to court. Under questioning,
Downey and
Dawson reveal that
Santiago died in the midst of a hazing ritual known as "Code Red" after he threatened to inform higher authorities that
Dawson opened fire on a Cuban watchtower. They also state that the "Code Red" was performed under the orders of Lt.
Jonathan Kendrick (
Kiefer Sutherland).
Kendrick's superior, tough-as-nails Col.
Nathan Jessup (
Jack Nicholson), denies any knowledge of the order to torture
Santiago, but when Lt. Col.
Matthew Markinson (
J.T. Walsh) confides to
Kaffee that
Jessup demanded the "Code Red" for violating his order of silence,
Kaffee and
Galloway have to find a way to prove this in court.
A Few Good Men also features
Kevin Bacon as prosecuting attorney Capt.
Jack Ross and
Kevin Pollak as
Kaffee and
Galloway's research assistant, Lt.
Sam Weinberg.
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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