Synopsis
A US Army officer, who made a "friendly fire" mistake that was covered up, has been reassigned to a desk job. He is tasked to investigate a female chopper commander's worthiness to be awarded the Medal of Honor. At first all seems in order. But then he begins to notice inconsistencies between the testimonies of the witnesses...
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Cast
- Denzel WashingtonLieutenant Colonel Nathaniel Serling
- Meg RyanCaptain Karen Emma Walden
- Lou Diamond PhillipsStaff Sergeant John Monfriez
- Matt DamonIlario
- Michael MoriartyBrigadier General Hershberg
- Michole Briana WhiteMaria
- Bronson PinchotBruno
- Amy HathawayAnnie
- Diane BakerLouise Boylar
- Seth GilliamStephen Altameyer
Recommandations
- 100
ReelViews
As profound and intelligent as it is moving, and that makes this memorable motion picture one of 1996's best. - 90
Los Angeles Times
Intelligent, involving and serious, it is as honestly emotional as Hollywood allows itself to get, a story of the search for wartime truth whose own concern for the genuine makes all the difference. - 88
Chicago Sun-Times
The end of the film understandably lays on the emotion a little heavily, but until then Courage Under Fire has been a fascinating emotional and logistical puzzle--almost a courtroom movie, with the desert as the courtroom. - 88
Rolling Stone
In Washington's haunted eyes, in the stunning cinematography of Roger Deakins (Fargo) that plunges into the mad flare of combat, in the plot that deftly turns a whodunit into a meditation on character and in Zwick's persistent questioning of authority, Courage Under Fire honors its subject and its audience. - 88
San Francisco Chronicle
Denzel Washington is riveting. - 80
The New York Times
Despite its underlying predictability, Courage Under Fire manages warmth, intelligence and a healthy share of surprises. - 75
USA Today
A film that wins on 'Courage' of its convictions. {12 July 1996, p. D1] - 67
Austin Chronicle
While the account of Walden's heroics doesn't necessarily move from legend to fact, it does push the bounds of truth and raise interesting questions about the function of truth for the survivors of war.
