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True Dat Favorite Movie Quote: "You and Dawson live in the same dream world! It doesn't matter what I believe; it only matters what I can prove! So don't tell me what I know and don't know, I know the law!" One of the fundamental issues with a courtroom drama is that, for the most part, you're going to be looking at the same set for the majority of the film and by its very nature there will be little to no 'action' in the technical sense of the word. Therefore, your story needs to be more compelling than usual and your cast has to deliver spectacular performances. Done and done. While it pales in comparison to our recent military embarrassments at Guantanamo Bay, A Few Good Men was controversial in its time, telling a tale of two enlisted Marines, Dawson (Wolfgang Bodison) and Downey (James Marshall), ordered to discipline a fellow enlisted man William Santiago (Michael DeLorenzo). Our two Marines bind Willie's hands and stuff a rag down his throat, covering his mouth with duct tape to gag him. They plan to shave his head, but Willie starts bleeding from the nose and mouth and, shortly thereafter, dies. Dawson and Downey are court marshalled; all this takes place before the opening credits roll. Enter stage right Joanne Galloway (Demi Moore), Daniel Kaffee (Tom Cruise), and Sam Weinberg (the always underrated Kevin Pollak) as the three attorneys and officers that are to represent the defendants. Kaffee cares little about his career in the Navy, turning in a kind of fast-food justice. Why he's handed the case isn't lost on Galloway, an idealist that has tried two cases in three years, where as Kaffee has plea bargined bunches and bunches, never seeing the inside of a courtroom. The key questions as the team begins its investigation become clear: why did Santiago die? Was there an order? Who gave the order? The adversaries are Dawson and Downey's commanding officers, Nathan Jessup, Markinsen, and Kendrick, given life and passion with expert performances by Jack Nicholson, the late JT Walsh, and Kiefer Sutherland respectively. While A Few Good Men is not much of a mystery, its power-packed performances, purposeful plot, and rousing finale make it worth the watch. email this review to a friend
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