Basic
UPC: 9-325336-016022 (DVD)
Region Coding: 2, 4
Production Year: 2003
Rating: MA 15+ (Not suitable for people under 15. Under 15s must be accompanied by a parent or adult guardian)
Violence, Strong Coarse Language
Running Time: 94 min.
DVD Release: 11/12/2003
Case Type: Keep Case
Video Formats: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35:1
Disc Formats: Single Sided, Dual Layered
SRP: $39.95
John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson star in this riveting multi-layered military suspense thriller from acclaimed action Director John McTiernan (Die Hard, The Hunt for Red October, Predator).

Fort Clayton, a U.S. army base on the edge of the Panama Canal. The previous day Hurricane Beth had hit the base and the outlying area at full force. At the time, an elite covert operations team led by Sgt. Nathan West (Samuel L. Jackson) was in the jungle on what appeared to be a routine training exercise. By the time the storm passes, the sergeant and several of his Rangers are missing. Of the two recruits who are rescued, both tell a different story of what transpired. But it soon becomes clear that this was no ordinary training mission and that a major cover-up is underway. What happened to West, and his Ranger team? And what were they really doing out there in the jungle? Tom Hardy (John Travolta), an ex-Army Ranger turned DEA agent, is drawn into this ever-widening mystery disappearance of the feared and often hated Sgt. Nathan West (Jackson), as well as several of his elite Special Forces trainees. As the story unfolds, each layer reveals more lies and greater deceptions, until Hardy (Travolta) and Osborne (Connie Nielsen) inch towards the horrible truth about the fate of the missing soldiers.

Genres
Suspense/Thriller
Action


Studios
Intermedia Films
Phoenix Pictures
Media Companies: Icon Home Entertainment, Warner Home Video
Features
Scene Access
Feature Trailers
Featurettes
Audio Commentary
Production Notes
Subtitles
Audio Tracks
English Dolby Digital 5.1
English Dolby Digital 2-Channel Stereo
Commentary Dolby Digital 2-Channel Stereo
Cast
John Travolta as Hardy
Connie Nielsen as Osborne
Samuel L. Jackson as West
Tim Daly as Styles
Giovanni Ribisi as Kendall
Brian Van Holt as Dunbar
Taye Diggs as Pike
Dash Mihok as Mueller
Cristián De la Fuente as Castro
Roselyn Sanchez as Nunez
Harry Connick, Jr. as Vilmer
Georgia Hausserman as Pilot
Margaret Travolta as Nurse #1
Dena Johnston as Nurse #2

Helicopter Pilots
Nick Loren
Cliff Fleming


Steven Maye as CID Officer
Jonathan Rau as G.I. on the Tarmac
Tait Rupert as Jeep Driver
Timothy S. Wester as Doctor

MPs
Chris Byrne
Curtis Ricks
Charles L. Fails
Crew
Direction:
John McTiernan: Director
Writing:
James Vanderbilt: Writer
Production:
Mike Medavoy: Producer
Arnie Messer: Producer
James Vanderbilt: Producer
Michael Tadross: Producer
Moritz Borman: Executive Producer
Nigel Sinclair: Executive Producer
Basil Iwanyk: Executive Producer
Jonathan Krane: Executive Producer
Cinematography:
Steve Mason: Director of Photography
Film Editing:
George Folsey Jr.: Film Editor
Music:
Klaus Badelt: Composer
Sound:
Andrew DeCristofaro: Supervising Sound Editor
Tom Nelson: Production Sound Mixer
Ann Scibelli: Sound Designer
John Reitz: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Gregg Rudloff: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
David Campbell: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Art:
Dennis Bradford: Production Designer
Kate Harrington: Costume Designer
Gary Kosko: Art Director
Gary Gennerrich: Costume Designer
Linda Gennerich: Costume Designer
Michelle Buhler: Make-up Artist
Allan A. Apone: Make-up Artist
Lisa Miller: Make-up Artist
Pixel Magic
Ray McIntyre, Jr.: Visual Effects
Big Red Pixel
Robert Rossello: Visual Effects
DAMFX
Marc Kolbe: Visual Effects
Craig Mumma: Visual Effects
Gururay M K
Howard Anderson: Visual Effects