Heartbreak Ridge (1986)

	Also Known As: Le Maitre de Guerre
	Year of first release: 1986
	Director: Clint Eastwood (Gran Torino)
	Actors: Clint Eastwood, Masha Mason, Everett McGill (Licence to Kill), Mario Van Peebles (Ali)
	Country: USA
	Genre: Drama, War
	Conditions of visioning: 04.01.2012, Blu-ray, Home cinema
Synopsis: An almost retired military Seargent (Eastwood) wants to finish his carreer by instructing young recruits.
Review: I have seen this movie on TV many times in my youth, and I was expecting a bit more out of it. Good old Clint plays very well this old fart, similar to his character in Gran Torino. Two stories run in parallel: the one of his relationship with the lazy young recruits that shows you who he is deeply (a Medal of Congress-decorated Marine), and the one with his ex-wife that he tries to get back by learning from magazines how to understand women. Close to retirement, he wants to be more than a Marine, he wants to be also a good husband. Not really a spoiler: in the end you get to see him in action (real war), see how he changed his recruits for the best, and how he will manage with his wife. But I didn't find the whole process fully convincing.
Rating: 6 /10