Heartbreak Ridge [Blu-ray]

Always wanted to watch what the fuss was. and now I know.. good movie. 1st watch 03/10/2023.

Nice movie

Play quality, excellent.

My son and I watch this movie a couple of times a year. We love it!

A few days ago, I had an opportunity to view “Heartbreak Ridge” a military comedy/drama film from 1986. It was only the second time I had ever seen it – the first time being when I watched it in a theater nearly thirty years ago.“Heartbreak Ridge” stars Clint Eastwood, Marsha Mason, Everett McGill, and Eileen Heckart. Eastwood also directed the film, which tells the story of Tom Highway, a U.S. Marine Corps gunnery sergeant nearing the end of a turbulent three decades-long military career. Highway, a Medal of Honor recipient for his actions during the Korean War, is a blunt-speaking man unafraid to challenge authority. Because of his penchant for getting into drunken bar fights and getting arrested while off base, his superiors view him as a troublesome “dinosaur,” and they want to get rid of him.It is 1983, and Highway accepts a new assignment to his old unit – a Force Recon platoon. When he gets there, he discovers his unsavory reputation has preceded him. His new commanding officer doesn’t want him, and the young Marines in his new unit are all lazy, out of shape, and deeply resentful of all authority. Now he must overcome their deep hostility and begin molding them into an effective fighting unit. What he doesn’t know is how little time he has before he and his men are tested in combat…When I first saw "Heartbreak Ridge" in 1987, I had a very mixed reaction to it. I thought Eastwood and screenwriter James Carabatsos had pulled out every anti-military cliché and stereotype they could find. The characters were all caricatures of Marines and their families and friends. Officers acted like petty tyrants with their subordinates and were obsessed only with career advancement. Non-coms were generally inept sycophants incapable of making leadership decisions. Junior enlisted people were rebellious, self-absorbed, and unwilling to follow their leaders.When I watched “Heartbreak Ridge” last week for only the second time, I had a much more positive reaction. I realized that this was not a “bad” military drama but rather a good satirical comedy that pokes fun at many of the shortcomings of the military and its members. I came to see that “Heartbreak Ridge” is actually pretty good – certainly not Oscar-worthy like some of Eastwood’s later films, but nevertheless very entertaining.I certainly like "Heartbreak Ridge” well enough to add it to my permanent Amazon Video library. Recommended.

Looking for something fun to watch.

Sharpe picture and color. Excellent sound.

Husband likes to watch movies when it snowing out.

Good

A classic film enjoy it every time I watch it will always recommend it as a watch to anyone

Absolutely brilliant, a good laugh all the way through.

item as ddescibed, promptly delivered

Nur wer ein wirklicher Clint Eastwood-Fan ist, wird diesen Film mögen. Der Film wird dominiert von derben und markanten Sprüchen, von Machogehabe und Möchtegern-Helden.Die Story ist kurz erzählt: Kriegsveteran Thomas Highway (Clint Eastwood), ein Gunnery Sergeant, bei den US Marines wird kurz vor seiner Pensionierung beauftragt, eine Gruppe von Soldaten für einen Aufklärungszug auszubilden. Es handelt sich um einen undisziplinierten Haufen junger Männer, die alles im Sinn haben, nur nicht eine ernsthafte Ausbildung zu Soldaten der US-Marines. Highway versucht die Truppe mit ziemlich unkonventionellen Methoden auf Vordermann zu bringen und gerät immer wieder mit seinem Vorgesetzten Major Powers (Everett McGill) aneinander. Nebenbei sucht er Kontakt zu seiner Ex-Frau Aggie (Marsha Mason). Er würde sie gerne wieder zurückgewinnen, aber beide tun sich schwer damit. Aggie möchte nicht wieder voller Angst zurückbleiben, wenn Thomas in den Krieg ziehen müsste.Es kommt wie es kommen muss: Die jungen Marines müssen zum ersten Kampfeinsatz. Auch hier kommt wieder Improvisation und Eigeninitiative von „Gunny“ Highway zum Einsatz der letztendlich dazu führt, dass sie als Helden gefeiert werden.Regie führte Clint Eastwood. Der Film wurde für den Oscar „Bester Ton“ nominiert.Bildformat 16:9, Technicolor, Ton Dolby Digital Deutsch 2.0, Spanisch 2.0, Italienisch 1.0, Französisch Stereo DTS-HD Masteraudio, Englisch 5.1, Länge 130 Min.