Several Excellent Men (and one Woman)

Jack Nicholson plays strong characters - period. And it is a thrill to watch him go head to head with Tom Cruise (and a muted Demi Moore) in A Few Good Men - a movie to be remembered for its passionate performances. Jack Nicholson's misplaced sense of righteousness, honour and duty leads him to a course of action that, eventually, society cannot condone. A great movie for enthusiasts of courtroom drama, not quite so for the gender equality brigade (!). I do not find Tom Cruise convincing as a military man with an unflinching sense of duty to God and country - it is more Jack Nicholson and his little fiefdom in Guantanomo Bay that lingers in one's mind. And the "piece of shit" piece at the end of the courtroom drama was wholly unnecessary. Worth a watch, but not quite a remarkable movie