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Southern Comfort

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Southern Comfort
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R,1hr 40min
Genre:
Action
Release:
1981
Director:
Walter Hill
Distributor:
MGM
Starring:
Keith Carradine, Powers Boothe, Fred Ward  ...more
Synopsis: A handful of part time soldiers unwittingly turn a field exercise into a miniature war in this offbeat action drama from writer and director Walter Hill. A group of National Guard reservists are sent to Louisiana on a chilly weekend for war games exercises. None of these weekend warriors seem especially happy to be there, especially laid-back Spencer (Keith Carradine), tightly-wound macho man Reece (Fred Ward) and transplanted Texan Hardin (Powers Booth). While making their way through swamp country, ... Full Synopsis
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Michael Costello, AMG Review
Walter Hill's low-key film about a National Guard detachment that runs into trouble in Cajun swamplands is a much underrated, quietly disturbing thriller. Seemingly another Hill film about men being men -- in fact there isn't a woman in sight -- it's actually a biting critique of macho behavior as well as a haunting Vietnam allegory. While on a training exercise deep in Louisiana bayou country, some ... Full Review
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