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What makes this film stand out (a little) is the intimate style of photography. The POV camerawork gives us a proximity to the story and characters that we rarely see. Sadly, though, the story itself is a little bit thin. Denzel Washington is tasked with investigating the worthin…
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Courage Under Fire
“A medal for honor. A search for justice. A battle for truth.”
65%
Movie
1h 56m
AI Analysis
Courage Under Fire (1996) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Courage Under Fire (1996) — a movie tagged as Drama, Thriller, and Mystery with cerebral, tense, and epic moods and steady pacing.
Story & themes: A US Army officer, who made a "friendly fire" mistake that was covered up, has been reassigned to a desk job. He is tasked to investigate a female chopper commander's worthiness to be awarded the Medal of Honor. At first all seems in order. But then he begins to notice inconsistencies between the testimonies of the … Our models also surface themes such as war from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for solo focused viewing. Expect steady storytelling (~116 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate Courage Under Fire 65% (1,044 votes) — solid community ratings for this movie.
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Synopsis
A US Army officer, who made a "friendly fire" mistake that was covered up, has been reassigned to a desk job. He is tasked to investigate a female chopper commander's worthiness to be awarded the Medal of Honor. At first all seems in order. But then he begins to notice inconsistencies between the testimonies of the witnesses...
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- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1996-07-04
- Runtime
- 1h 56m
- TMDB rating
- 6.5
- TMDB ID
- 10684
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A US Army officer, who made a "friendly fire" mistake that was covered up, has been reassigned to a desk job. He is tasked to investigate a female chopper commander's worthiness to be awarded the M... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
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The official runtime for Courage Under Fire is approximately 116 minutes.
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Cast
Denzel Washington
Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel Serling
Meg Ryan
Captain Karen Emma Walden
Lou Diamond Phillips
Staff Sergeant John Monfriez
Michael Moriarty
Brigadier General Hershberg
Matt Damon
Ilario
Bronson Pinchot
Bruno
Seth Gilliam
Stephen Altameyer
Regina Taylor
Meredith Serling
Željko Ivanek
Banacek
Scott Glenn
Gartner
Tim Guinee
Rady
Tim Ransom
Boylar
Sean Astin
Patella
- A
Armand Darrius
Robins
Mark Adair-Rios
Bobcat 5
Ned Vaughn
Chelli
Manny Perez
Jenkins
- D
David McSwain
Egan
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What makes this film stand out (a little) is the intimate style of photography. The POV camerawork gives us a proximity to the story and characters that we rarely see. Sadly, though, the story itself is a little bit thin. Denzel Washington is tasked with investigating the worthiness of a deceased helicopter pilot during the Gulf war to receive the medal of honor. Assuming it would be a routine ratification, he interviews her crew only to find discrepancies and inconstancies that cast a shadow over the whole procedure. Had this just been a routine wartime tale, then it might have been ok - but the fact that it is based around a real wartime scenario, and married together with that sickly trumpet-based pseudo-military score and an annoyingly "Semper Fi" sort of mentality, the whole thing just sinks down into a mire of absurdity and sentimentality. Neither Denzel Washington nor Meg Ryan really have the weight to give this film any bite, oomph - or, for that matter, plausibility. Matt Damon makes some impact but I couldn't quite decide whether that was because he was good, or because it was interesting to see him before stardom set it in - but either way, this is pretty much devoid of action, and the dialogue could have been written by the US Army recruitment office. They all look great in their uniforms, though!
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