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Mood:
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- SoldierMilitary LifeMilitaryUnlikely criminalsArms DealingDrug DealingRebelliousnessCrimes more...
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- ComedyIndependentDrama
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Time/Period:
- 20th Century80s
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Place:
- EuropeGermanyMilitary Base
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Praise:
- Critically Acclaimed
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- SatireIrreverent Humor
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- Twists and Turns
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- Based on Book
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- Semi SeriousRealistic
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Buffalo Soldiers, 2001
English
UK, Germany
Profile of Buffalo Soldiers
The mood of Buffalo Soldiers is cynical, clever, and witty. The plot centers around military life, arms dealing, and unlikely criminals. It features satire and irreverent humor. Buffalo Soldiers is a comedy, independent, and drama movie. Stylistically, it involves twists and turns. In approach, it is realistic. Buffalo Soldiers takes place, at least partly, on a military base. The setting is Germany. It happens in the 1980s. Buffalo Soldiers is based on a book. The movie is known for being critically acclaimed. Note that it includes drugs/alcohol, sexual content, and profanity.
Summary of Buffalo Soldiers
Joaquin Phoenix stars in this dark service comedy as Ray Elwood, an Army clerk stationed in West Germany just before the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. Part of a company made up almost entirely of ex-convicts and high school dropouts, Elwood takes advantage of his daft commanding officer, Col. Berman (Ed Harris), by selling heroin and stolen Army supplies wholesale. However, when a member of the company dies and an autopsy reveals a remarkable amount of drugs in his bloodstream, far more intense scrutiny is brought down on the base in the form of Sgt. Lee (Scott Glenn), a tough and savvy Vietnam veteran who immediately surmises that Elwood is the brains behind the base's black market operations. Unfortunately, Elwood has just happened upon the biggest score of his tour and now must unload two trucks full of arms and 30 kilos of heroin just as Sgt. Lee has begun to orchestrate his downfall.
Based on Robert O'Connor's novel, Buffalo Soldiers is cynical but not irreverent; it doesn't treat its characters irresponsible and often idiotic behavior lightly nor does it judge them. Director Gregor Jordan has done an excellent job of adapting the tone of the original novel to the screen, and, aided by excellent performances from Mr. Phoenix and Mr. Glenn, makes Buffalo Soldiers a thoroughly enjoyable satire.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | UK, Germany |
| Release date: | 21 January 2003 |
| Runtime: | 98 min |
Cast and Crew
as Ray Elwood
as Sergeant Lee
as Colonel Berman
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Critics Reviews
The Onion (A.V. Club)
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- by: Nathan Rabin
Entertainment Weekly
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- by: Owen Gleiberman
Users Reviews
- 08.May.2009
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- by: heapshake
- heapshake rated this movie6/10Okay
