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Watch: Heartbreak Ridge 1986 123movies, Full Movie Online – 1983. Thomas Highway (Clint Eastwood) is a well-decorated career military man in the United States Marine Corps, he who has seen action in Korea and Vietnam. His current rank is Gunnery Sergeant. His experiences have led him to become an opinionated, no nonsense man, who is prone to bursts of violence, especially when he’s drunk, if the situation does not suit him, regardless of the specifics or people involved. Because of these actions, he has spent his fair share of overnighters behind bars. Close to retirement, one of his last assignments, one he requested, is back at his old unit at Cherry Point, North Carolina, from where he was transferred for insubordination and conduct unbecoming. He is to train a reconnaissance platoon. His superior officer, the much younger and combat inexperienced Major Malcolm Powers (Everett McGill), sees Highway as a relic of an old-styled military. Highway’s commanding officer, Lieutenant Ring (Boyd Gaines), the platoon leader, is also a younger man who has no combat experience, but is academically inclined and happy-go-lucky. Highway finds that his team is a rag-tag bunch of slackers, who includes wannabe rock musician Corporal Stitch Jones (Mario Van Peebles), with whom Highway had an inauspicious earlier meeting. The men in the platoon, who truly believe Highway is crazy, hate him, and don’t understand why they have to follow his harsh training regimen when the United States is not currently at war. The Major, who is all about efficiency regardless of combat readiness, has the same views of Highway. He is clear that he sees Highway’s platoon solely as a training mechanism for his own elite squad trained by Highway’s nemesis, Staff Sergeant Webster (Moses Gunn). Things for Highway and his platoon change when the United States enters into war in Grenada. Through it all, Highway tries to reconnect with his bar waitress ex-wife Aggie (Marsha Mason), he even clandestinely reading women’s magazines to understand her better. Two primary obstacles stand in his way: Roy Jennings (Bo Svenson), Aggie’s boss and current suitor who hates Marines, and Aggie’s own remembrance of how dysfunctional their marriage was..
Plot: 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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Reviews:

‘Heartbreak Ridge’ is a rather good war film, one I enjoyed a fair bit.

Clint Eastwood, to no-one’s surprise, is the best performer from the onscreen talent, though I did like the support cast – namely Mario Van Peebles, Boyd Gaines and Arlen Dean Snyder.

The plot is, although obvious in where it is heading, fun and holds one’s attention. The score doesn’t particularly stand out but there is one part around the middle which is neat. Some of the dialogue is a little cringe, but there are some good lines in there for Mr. Eastwood to quip.

***A more comedic version of “The Dirty Dozen,” but taking place in 1983 and starring Clint Eastwood***

Clint Eastwood’s “Heartbreak Ridge” (1986) stars Eastwood as a tough, soon-to-retire Marine gunnery sergeant who conflicts with the brass and his former-wife (Marsha Mason) as he takes command of a spoiled recon squad. The platoon is eventually deployed to Grenada in late October, 1983, in order to prevent a communist takeover and rescue some med students.

Thirteen years after “The Dirty Dozen,” Eastwood recycles the plot and adds a lot of hip comedy. Although it’s not a great military flick like “Dozen” it has its points of entertainment, but you have to roll with the odd mixture of believable military training drama with heavy doses of amusement, mainly revolving around the cartoonish character of Cpl. Stitch Jones, played with fervor by Mario Van Peebles. If you can acclimate to this odd mixture, there’s a lot to enjoy here.

It helps that the movie hooks you in with the opening jail fight involving the hard-living Gunnery Sergeant Thomas Highway (Eastwood). His reunion with his ex-wife and their potentially developing relationship is another hook. Some parts are kinda meh, but there’s enough good here if you’re in the mood for a military training flick in the form of “The Dirty Dozen” meeting “Top Gun” (1987) mixed with an edgier version of Gomer Pyle.

The film runs 2 hours, 10 minutes and was shot at Camp Pendleton, Southern Cal, as well as Santa Clarita (café), San Clemente (bar), El Toro (airfield homecoming) and Vieques, Puerto Rico (Grenada).

GRADE: B-

I know I shouldn’t but…
I effing LOVE this movie. It’s probably my greatest (movie) guilty pleasure.

In 1986, I was 10. I was way too interested in war/military based films/TV/books. (Fun-fact: never enrolled, and don’t own any guns. I think i was drawn to the uniforms, haha)

I still remember the night I convinced my parents to rent this, at the video store. Believe it or not, this was the first “Clint” movie I ever watched, lol. I figured it would be like the Chuck Norris/Rambo movies, I had watched. Boy, was I wrong.

Even as a ten year old, I had a fondness for the script and the characters. And now, at 44, I’m still enjoying a rewatch, at least 1-3 times per year, haha

Of course, objectively, this is a unimpressive throwaway 80’s flick. It’s possibly the only movie to use the ‘invasion’ of Grenada, as a backdrop-or, it certainly was, at the time. It’s overtly jingoistic; on par with the ‘Red Dawn’s’, and ‘Top Gun’s’ of the era. It’s more of a comedy, compared to a military action movie.

And certainly, in 2020, the 80’s humour comes across as dated-that said, I think it’s disingenuous to get offended over how things used to be. Just like I think those still using casual homophobic humour today, are being lazy

Despite all this, Eastwood’s passive-aggressive ornery character, has some of my favourite quotable lines. So too, does the Ayatollah of Rock’n’Rolla, ‘Slick Jones’-played by the amazing Mario Van Peebles.

His Ying to Eastwood’s Yang, never gets old. Nor does the rest of the ensemble cast. Everyone from Eastwood’s former flame, to his ultra aggressive superior, is wonderfully cast.

Hard to imagine someone coming across this movie, in today’s era-but this is a truly a hidden gem.

An Unfortunate stumble for the master of cool
I start almost every Clint Eastwood film review by saying the same thing…I am convinced I am the world’s biggest Clint Eastwood fan. The man is the master of macho and can make the Sahara desert look cool. Unfortunately he isn’t perfect and despite directing and starring in this outing doesn’t save it from being average at best and just plain bad at its worst. Heartbreak Ridge advertises itself like a war movie but in fact is 90% tough as nails ‘teacher’ takes a band of unruly ‘students’ and turns them around and 10% action on an island somewhere. Eastwood growls and grumbles his way through the movie as awkward young marines try to test him. The problem is that the young crew really don’t fit into the story. They look like they belong in Dangerous Minds (similar story but very different setting) rather than the Marines. A half hearted attempt to put romance to the film has Eastwood trying to get back together with his ex-wife. Unfortunately the chemistry between everyone in the film is little to none making this barely passable as entertainment. Certainly most of the entertainment comes in the last half hour as team finally mobilizes and goes to war on the island of Grenada.

In case I haven’t mentioned it twenty times Clint Eastwood directs and stars in the film. There isn’t anything wrong with his character, in fact he has quite a bit of depth but he’s also not incredibly likable rubbing everyone the wrong way from his ex-wife to his higher ups. It just isn’t one of his best roles and far from his strongest. Mario Van Peebles is one of the oddest inclusions in this film. While he has a fun character in “Stitch”, the character makes little sense being in this film. However, Van Peebles and Eastwood actually have some bizarre chemistry that works. Marsha Mason plays Eastwood’s estranged ex-wife and unfortunately for her (multi-Oscar nominated actress) her character is barely existent. She is vapid and forced into the story to have some romance and soften Eastwood’s character. Arlen Dean Snyder is Eastwood’s friend and partner. You certainly get a sense of history between Eastwood and Snyder but they don’t explore it any. Snyder is some sort of weak comedy relief. Boyd Gaines is the cocky strong arming Lieutenant that fights Eastwood at every turn and is destined to get shown up in the end.

The biggest problem with Heartbreak Ridge is simply that it drags. You expect them to go to battle but it seems like they will never make it. There is also never a pinnacle turning point when Eastwood breaks through to his team and makes them respect him. Instead it just seems he beats them into submission and suddenly they will follow him anywhere. Writer James Carabatsos is a former Vietnam vet but clearly that doesn’t necessarily translate to a good film even with a powerhouse director and star. I’m still surprised Eastwood would choose to direct this given the script and plot is just simply not good. It tries to carry itself as dark comedy and a war movie but it never lands in either campy. Overall as much as I love Clint Eastwood I would never choose to sit through Heartbreak Ridge. Every direction it goes with the exception of the last half hour in battle just isn’t fun to watch and will leave you wondering when it will all be over. 5/10

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 2 hr 10 min (130 min)
Budget 15000000
Revenue 42724017
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Drama, War
Director Clint Eastwood
Writer James Carabatsos, Dennis Hackin, Joseph Stinson
Actors Clint Eastwood, Marsha Mason, Everett McGill
Country United States
Awards Nominated for 1 Oscar. 3 wins & 1 nomination total
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Dolby Stereo
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Camera Arriflex 35-III, Panavision Ultra Speed MKII Lenses, Panavision Panaflex Gold, Panavision Ultra Speed MKII Lenses
Laboratory Technicolor, Hollywood (CA), USA
Film Length 3,563 m (Sweden)
Negative Format 35 mm (Eastman 125T 5247)
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm (Eastman 5384)