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Jarhead

A Movie Reel

Jarhead: 5.5 out of 10.

"Jarhead" was marketed perfectly.  Remember all those ads to the sound of Kanye West's "Jesus Walks"?  They had you thinking about great war movies past; "Full Metal Jacket", "Apocalypse Now", "Three Kings".  "Jarhead" could have been great.  "Jarhead" should have been great.

Instead it's boring.  It starts off okay, but then it gets stuck in a rut.  It ends up making "Three Kings" feel like "Apocalypse Now".  You'd expect a great deal better from the man who directed "American Beauty".

Welcome to the suck.

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