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Deception is their most deadly weapon.
Deception is their most deadly weapon.
Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller - 2003
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A DEA agent investigates the disappearance of a legendary Army ranger drill sergeant and several of his cadets during a training exercise gone severely awry.
Director:
,
John McTiernan
Cast:
,
Connie Nielsen
,
Giovanni Ribisi
,
Samuel L. Jackson
,
Dash Mihok
,
John Travolta
,
Brian Van Holt
,
Taye Diggs
,
Roselyn Sánchez
,
Cristián de la Fuente
,
Tim Daly

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Rated:
R
Runtime:
98 min
Release date:
18 Apr 2003
Country:
DE, US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$50,000,000
Revenue:
$42,792,561
Awards:
3 nominations

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
[Basic] had a great sense of itself and it had a lot of fun taking us from one corner to the next and then spinning us around until we got dizzy and didn't know where we were. I like that.
– Richard Roeper,
Ebert & Roeper,
31 Mar 2003
rotten:
Nothing is as it appears, except the fact that nothing is as it appears.
– Ed Park,
Village Voice,
1 Apr 2003
rotten:
Made up of remnants from other, better films.
– Peter Travers,
Rolling Stone,
10 Apr 2003
rotten:
You can fall asleep in the first reel, wake up at the end, and know as much as anyone else.
– Jack Mathews,
New York Daily News,
22 Apr 2003
fresh:
Director John McTiernan does a swell job with James Vanderbilt's sneaky script in keeping us guessing.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
31 Mar 2010
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