Basically bad and sorry attempt at a thriller.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Sep 30, 2010

Director John McTiernan does a swell job with James Vanderbilt's sneaky script in keeping us guessing.

| Mar 31, 2010

A poor effort with a confusing story and ridiculous plot twist after plot twist.

| Apr 29, 2009

| Original Score: 1/5 | Aug 7, 2008

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 6, 2005

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jul 5, 2005

| Original Score: 2/10 | Oct 7, 2004

McTiernan's bitten off way more than he could chew, spicing up the Usual Suspects approach with a dash of Rashomon and a little of help from A Few Good Men.

| Apr 21, 2004

Basic is one of those rare movies without even a single redeeming quality.

| Original Score: 0/4 | Jan 6, 2004

The problem is that we've been given nothing to make us care for any of these people, so when the mysteries unravel there's nothing in the answers that hit us at a gut level.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 4, 2004

| Original Score: 1/5 | Dec 19, 2003

| Original Score: C- | Nov 11, 2003

A estrutura narrativa (obviamente inspirada em Rashomon) interessante, mas a necessidade de criar reviravoltas surpreendentes praticamente destri o filme, j que, ao final da projeo, nada mais faz sentido.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 14, 2003

Best described as military noir, Basic reunites John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson in a kind of Pulp Fiction with rain and fatigues, plus a chaser of Rashomon on the side.

| Sep 16, 2003

Samuel L. Jackson's performance is the main reason to watch this ultimately disappointing mystery that thrives on audience deception and mass confusion.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Sep 9, 2003

The final parts of this movie are the kind that you'd swear were slapped on by the studio, until you realise the whole story must have been built around them.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/4 | Jul 8, 2003

| Original Score: 1/5 | Jun 21, 2003

Granted, it's not Rollerball, and that in itself could be considered a small blessing. Unfortunately, it's only a small one, but I guess I shouldn't be too picky.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Jun 19, 2003

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 19, 2003

Fumbling the setup, the Die Hard helmer quickly loses his grip on the material, turning Basic into little more than a mechanical exercise in plotting.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 3, 2003