Basic (2003)

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Deception is their most dangerous weapon.

When a hurricane hits a US Army base on the edge of the Panama Canal, an elite covert operations team of US Army Rangers recruits are on a routine jungle training exercise that goes horribly awry. Only two recruits are rescued, one of which is badly injured, but both have different accounts regarding the fate of their leader, legendary and ruthless Army Ranger Drill Sergeant Nathan West, and the rest of their platoon. Tom Hardy, an ex-army Ranger turned maverick DEA agent is brought in to solve the mystery and uncover what really happened out there.

• Released: 2003-04-18
• Genres: Thriller, Crime, Mystery
• Runtime: 1h 38m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 6.5/10 from 1,198 votes

Directed by John McTiernan.

Top cast

• John Travolta as DEA Agent Tom Hardy
• Connie Nielsen as CPT Julie Osborne
• Samuel L. Jackson as Drill Sgt. SFC Nathan West
• Tim Daly as COL Bill Styles
• Giovanni Ribisi as 2LT Levi Kendall
• Brian Van Holt as SGT Ray Dunbar
• Taye Diggs as Pike
• Dash Mihok as SGT Mueller
• Cristián de la Fuente as Castro
• Roselyn Sánchez as Nuñez

Full cast & crew

Where to watch Basic

• United States: stream on fuboTV, Philo, Sony Pictures Core Amazon Channel; rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
• United Kingdom: stream on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads; watch free on Rakuten TV, Tubi TV, Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads, Plex, Amazon MX Player; rent on Amazon Video, Sky Store; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, YouTube
• India: rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store
• Canada: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads, Sony Pictures Core Amazon Channel; rent on Apple TV Store, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video
• Australia: stream on Sony Pictures Core Amazon Channel; rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, YouTube

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