Jarhead

Brit Sam Mendes hasnt really put a foot wrong in American movies (American Beauty, Road to Perdition) and he now tackles the iconic figure of the US Marine, sent to the desert to wait, and wait and wait… Based on ex-Marine Anthony Swoffords bestseller about the prelude to Desert Storm and the first Gulf War in 1991, Jarhead stars the currently high-profile Jake Gyllenhaal as Swofford, the low-key protagonist who was dumb enough to sign the contract. If all war movies are the same, this one is too, only more so, and Three Kings is another country. Welcome to the Suck.