Jarhead originally released as a motion picture in 2005 Jarhead 2, field of fire originally released as a direct-to-DVD motion picture in 2014 Jarhead 3, the siege originally released as a direct-to-DVD motion picture in 2016 Jarhead, Law of return originally released as a direct-to-DVD motion picture in 2019 Based on the book by Anthony Swofford Widescreen (2.35:1) Jarhead 2 and Jarhead 3 included unrated versions Bonus features: Jarhead feature commentaries with director Sam Mendes, screenwriter William Broyles, Jr. & Author Anthony Swofford; Making Jarhead 3: the siege; Deleted scences. Jarhead: Jake Gyllenhaal, Scott MacDonald, Peter Sarsgaard, Jamie Foxx, Jacob Vargas.Jarhead 2, field of fire: Esai Morales, Cole Hauser, Stephen Lang, Bokeem Woodbine.Jarhead 3, the siege: Charlie Weber, Scott Adkins, Dante Basco, Sasha Jackson, Dennis Haysbert, Stephen Hogan, Romeo Miller, Erik Valdez.Jarhead, Law of return: Amaury Nolasco, Devon Sawa, Robert Patrick, Jeff Pierre, Ben Cross, Amos Tamam, Yael Eitan.
Summary:
Jarhead: Follows "Swoff," a third-generation Marine enlistee, from a sobering stint in boot camp to active duty, sporting a sniper's rifle and a hundred-pound ruck on his back through the Middle East deserts. There is no cover from intolerable heat or from the Iraqi soldiers, who are always potentially just over the next horizon. Swoff and his fellow Marines sustain themselves with sardonic humanity and wicked comedy on blazing desert fields in a country they don't understand, against an enemy they can't see, for a cause they don't fully understand. Sergeant Sykes, a Marine lifer, heads up the scout/sniper platoon, while Troy, Swoff's friend and mentor, is a die-hard member of STA - the elite Marine Unit.
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