

Basic
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2003-04-18 • 1h 38m
Deception is their most dangerous weapon.
When a hurricane hits a US Army base on the edge of the Panama Canal, an elite covert operations team of US Army Rangers recruits are on a routine jungle training exercise that goes horribly awry. Only two recruits are rescued, one of which is badly injured, but both have different accounts regarding the fate of their leader, legendary and ruthless Army Ranger Drill Sergeant Nathan West, and the rest of their platoon. Tom Hardy, an ex-army Ranger turned maverick DEA agent is brought in to solve the mystery and uncover what really happened out there.
- Directors
- John McTiernan
- Writters
- James Vanderbilt
- Editors
- George Folsey Jr.

Basic
Visit website2003-04-18 • 1h 38m
6.5/10 • 1.1K
Deception is their most dangerous weapon.
When a hurricane hits a US Army base on the edge of the Panama Canal, an elite covert operations team of US Army Rangers recruits are on a routine jungle training exercise that goes horribly awry. Only two recruits are rescued, one of which is badly injured, but both have different accounts regarding the fate of their leader, legendary and ruthless Army Ranger Drill Sergeant Nathan West, and the rest of their platoon. Tom Hardy, an ex-army Ranger turned maverick DEA agent is brought in to solve the mystery and uncover what really happened out there.
- Directors
- John McTiernan
- Writters
- James Vanderbilt
- Editors
- George Folsey Jr.
Top Billed Cast
View CreditsJohn Travolta
DEA Agent Tom Hardy
Connie Nielsen
CPT Julie Osborne
Samuel L. Jackson
Drill Sgt. SFC Nathan West
Tim Daly
COL Bill Styles
Giovanni Ribisi
2LT Levi Kendall
Brian Van Holt
SGT Ray Dunbar
Taye Diggs
Pike
Dash Mihok
SGT Mueller
Cristián de la Fuente
Castro
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- Status
- Released
- Original Language
- English
- Budget
- $50,000,000.00
- Revenue
- $42,792,561.00
- Keywords
- hurricanerecruitpanamacovert operationinterrogationdea agentjungle warfaremilitary crimearmy trainingex armyunexplained deathsplot twistu.s. army ranger