SummaryAt Fort Polk, Louisiana, thousands of young men prepare for Vietnam. The specter of combat hangs over the men of A-Company, Second Platoon, as they enter the final stage of infantry training. They will be sent to the war. But each man deals with this prospect in his own way. One man's defiance, however, galvanizes every member of the platoon. (... Read More
Directed By:Joel Schumacher
Written By:Ross Klavan, Michael McGruther
Tigerland
Metascore
Mixed or Average
55
User score
Generally Favorable
7.4
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
55
57% Positive
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
14% Mixed
2 Reviews
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29% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
88
A strong, gritty, powerful piece of film making, and one of the three or four best movies made about the Vietnam era.
80
A tautly focused, well-executed drama. Demonstrates that it's still possible to make small, intimate and personal movies within the Hollywood studio system.
User score
Generally Favorable
7.4
77% Positive
24 Ratings
24 Ratings
23% Mixed
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
0% Negative
0 Ratings
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Jun 16, 2014
8
This movie is seriously underrated. I don't say that this is a great or classic work, owing largely to occasionally wooden performance from Colin Farrell, but this is a good one that deserves to be rated as "generally favorable reviews" with Metascore being AT LEAST 65 or even 68 instead of JUST a 55. I mean, what kind of a war-flick fan who would not love to watch a movie telling the story of a man doing everything he can so as to remain human while everybody around him is being forces to become killing machines without emotions
Feb 19, 2020
6
Decent antiwar film with some good performances and a gritty edge. Farrell is solid.
77
The entire ensemble is first-rate.
70
The stripped-down production give a disturbing sense of immediacy to an otherwise fairly conventional story about boys being prepared for war.
40
In his first major role, the Irish actor Farrell deflects the script's more dubious aspects through sheer magnetic presence.
30
Despite melodramatic lapses -- the gripping action recalls Walter Hill's 1981 "Southern Comfort" -- this is Schumacher's most ambitions film since "Falling Down" in 1993, and it plays to his strengths with young actors.
20
Schumacher has gone into the cinematic heart of darkness and emerged with his own peculiar kink on the war movie: Vietnam beefcake.
Nov 19, 2015
6
It's an interesting movie, but I really wanted to know what happens when they finally get to Tigerland and well, I was left disappointed. Otherwise it's good.
Production Company:
- Regency Enterprises
- Haft Entertainment
- KirchMedia
- New Regency Productions
Release Date:Sep 22, 2000
Duration:1 h 40 m
Rating:R
Tagline:The system wanted them to become soldiers. One soldier just wanted to be human.
Awards
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Film Independent Spirit Awards
• 2 Nominations
London Critics Circle Film Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
