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Jarhead Collector's Edition

Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Scott MacDonald, Lo Ming, Kevin Foster, Peter Sarsgaard, Damion Poitier

Directed by: Sam Mendes

RS: 3of 4 Stars

2006

In this unorthodox film, not much happens on the battlefield -- the conflicts take place in the young minds of bored and frightened Marines played with nerve-rattling intensity by Jake Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard and others. Director Sam Mendes treats his characters with such complicated compassion that Jarhead is at once anti-war and pro-soldier. Extras on the two-disc edition document stories of real Marines with a kindred respect.