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This film is NOT for everyone but its a little gem for me for a couple of reasons.One is the pairing of Charlie Sheen as Bean,the center character and his real life father Martin Sheen as McKinney,the protagonist in the film.Art imitating life perhaps??? The second is the storyline.Tempting though it may seem,this is NOT a prequel to "Platoon"even at the ending of the film we learn Bean is heading for Vietnam. Bean is NO Chris Taylor !!!!.
The real surprise is Laurence Fishburne as Stokes.Basically the plot is wise ass Bean winds up in the stockade run by McKinney who is white and the inmates are black and well you begin to see the idea.The song"chain gang"will never sound like the Sam Cooke song of your youth again,that's where the title"Cadence"comes from.See the film just for that alone!!! I took 1 star off for the toughness and brutality of the story as it truly is not for everyone.But if you like military pictures that are not just battles,this is a slice of military pie form you.Trailer URL follows the pix
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1R90m3gW54
The real surprise is Laurence Fishburne as Stokes.Basically the plot is wise ass Bean winds up in the stockade run by McKinney who is white and the inmates are black and well you begin to see the idea.The song"chain gang"will never sound like the Sam Cooke song of your youth again,that's where the title"Cadence"comes from.See the film just for that alone!!! I took 1 star off for the toughness and brutality of the story as it truly is not for everyone.But if you like military pictures that are not just battles,this is a slice of military pie form you.Trailer URL follows the pix
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1R90m3gW54
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