A Few Good Men
12.11.1992
In the heart of the nation's capital, in a courthouse of the U.S. government, one man will stop at nothing to keep his honor, and one will stop at nothing to find the truth.
Director: Rob Reiner
A U.S. soldier is dead, and military lawyers
Lieutenant Daniel Kaffee and Lieutenant Commander
JoAnne Galloway want to know who killed him. "You
want the truth?" snaps Colonel Jessup (Jack
Nicholson). "You can't handle the truth!"
Astonishingly, Jack Nicholson's legendary performance
as a military tough guy in A Few Good Men
really amounts to a glorified cameo: he's only in a
few scenes. But they're killer scenes, and the film
has much more to offer. Tom Cruise (Kaffee) shines as
a lazy lawyer who rises to the occasion, and Demi
Moore (Galloway) gives a command performance. Kevin
Bacon, Kiefer Sutherland, J.T. Walsh, and Cuba
Gooding Jr. (of Jerry Maguire fame) round
out the superb cast. Director Rob Reiner poses
important questions about the rights of the powerful
and the responsibilities of those just following
orders in this classic courtroom drama.
