Basic


Aspect

2.40:1

Audio

English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 5.1)

Runtime

98

Discs

1

Studio

Sony Pictures

Release Date

Mar 28, 2003

DVD Release

Jul 08, 2003

16:9

Anamorphic

THX

Rating

R

Director

John McTiernan

 

Tom Hardy, an ex-Army Ranger turned DEA agent, is drawn into an ever-widening mystery surrounding the disappearance of the feared and often hated Sgt. Nathan West, as well as several of his elite Special Forces trainees on what appears, at first, to have been a routine training exercise during a hurricane in the jungles of Panama. Only two survivors are found, Dunbar, and a badly wounded Kendall, the son of a high-profile Joint Chiefs of Staff official. Neither is willing to cooperate with Capt. Julia Osborne's investigation. So base commander Col. Bill Styles calls in ex-Ranger Hardy, an old friend and a persuasive interrogator. Osborne disapproves of Hardy who is on leave from the D.E.A. after having come under suspicion of accepting bribes from local drug traffickers. 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 temporary, if uneasy, truce. Hardy cajoles a confession out of Dunbar, who claims that Sgt. West and the missing Rangers have been murdered and their bodies blown away by the hurricane. When they later interview Kendall, he confirms that the other Rangers and West are dead. But, in almost every other way, his story contradicts Dunbar's. What happened to West and his Ranger team? And what were they really doing out there in the jungle? As each layer reveals more lies and greater deceptions, Hardy and Osborne inch towards the horrible truth about the fate of the missing Rangers.


Edition Details Cast
  • Available Subtitles: English, French
  • Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 5.1)
  • Commentary by: director John McTiernan (Unknown Format)
  • Featurettes: "Basic: A Director's Design," "Basic Ingredients: A Writer's Perspective"
  • John TravoltaHardy
    Connie NielsenOsborne
    Samuel L. JacksonWest
    Timothy DalyStyles
    Giovanni RibisiKendall
    Brian Van HoltDunbar
    Taye DiggsPike
    Dash MihokMueller
    Cristián de la FuenteCastro
    Roselyn SanchezNunez
    Harry Connick Jr.Vilmer
    Georgia HaussermanPilot
    Margaret TravoltaNurse #1
    Dena JohnstonNurse #2
    Nick LorenHelicopter Pilot
    Cliff FlemingHelicopter Pilot
    Steven MayeCID Officer
    Jonathan RauG.I. on the Tarmac
    Tait RuppertJeep Driver
    Timothy S. WesterDoctor
    Chris ByrneMP
    Curtis RicksMP
    Charles L. FailsMP
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