Synopsis
A hard-nosed, hard-living Marine gunnery sergeant clashes with his superiors and his ex-wife as he takes command of a spoiled recon platoon with a bad attitude.
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Cast
- Clint EastwoodGunnery Sgt. Tom 'Gunny' Highway
- Marsha MasonAggie
- Everett McGillMajor Malcolm A. Powers
- Moses GunnStaff Sergeant Webster
- Mario Van PeeblesCorporal 'Stitch' Jones
- Eileen HeckartLittle Mary Jackson
- Bo SvensonRoy Jennings
- Boyd GainesLieutenant M.R. Ring
- Arlen Dean SnyderSergeant Major Choozoo
- Vincent IrizarryFragetti
Recommendations
- 80
TV Guide Magazine
The strengths and foibles of human beings are what this film--and all of Eastwood's directorial efforts--is all about, and his Tom Highway is one of the most vividly etched male characters seen onscreen in years. - 75
Chicago Sun-Times
Heartbreak Ridge has as much energy and color as any action picture this year, and it contains truly amazing dialogue. - 70
Time Out
In format, this is no more than the classic mission movie: first they train, then they do it for real. But the film belongs to Eastwood. - 70
Variety
Heartbreak Ridge offers another vintage Clint Eastwood performance. There are enough mumbled half-liners in this contemporary war pic to satisfy those die-hards eager to see just how he portrays the consummate marine veteran. - 60
The New York Times
As the gritty, raspy-voiced sergeant, Mr. Eastwood's performance is one of the richest he's ever given. It's funny, laid-back, seemingly effortless, the sort that separates actors who are run-of-the-mill from those who have earned the right to be identified as stars. - 60
Empire
An unusually thoughtful look (and a broad one) at powers on the wane, at America's shift from Vietnam polarisations to 80's apathy, and at one man teetering on the brink of a lonely old age. - 50
Los Angeles Times
A vintage Clint Eastwood performance--in a film so uninvolving that you barely wake up for the big battle finale. - 50
Washington Post
But to tell the truth, the Grenada Incursion looks even sillier on film than it did in the headlines.
