Rating: PG13
Genre:
Comedy
Release Date: 01/05/1999
SubTitles: Espanol/English
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD5.1/DDS
Run Time: 98 Minutes
Flags: Suitable for Children, Adult Humor
Distributor/Studio: Universal Studios
Hawk-like Marine Corps officer
Benson Payne (
Damon Wayans) attempts to whip into shape the usual assortment of misfit JROTC kids in this minor remake of
The Private War of Major Benson. Of course, both the major and his pint-sized recruits have something to teach one another.
Payne teaches them the value of self-discipline and instills self-confidence in them, and the recruits teach him to stop and smell the roses (not to mention the fact that kids sometimes need coddling rather than screaming). And, of course, there is the annual JROTC statewide competition, which the kids are obligated to win before the movie can end. While there are some funny moments (the major's exhibition in full-dress whites at a school dance, for example), the script seems too color-by-numbers to be interesting to anyone other than undiscriminating younger viewers.
~ Jeremy Beday, All Movie Guide
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