Number: 131

IMDB Rating: 6.9/10 (18061 votes)

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Also known as:: Buffalo Soldiers

Country: UK, 98 minutes

Spoken Languages: English, German

Genre(s): Thriller, Drama, Comedy, War, Crime

Director: Gregor Jordan

Cast: Joaquin Phoenix (as Ray Elwood), Ed Harris (as Colonel Berman), Scott Glenn (as Sergeant Lee), Anna Paquin (as Robyn Lee), Elizabeth McGovern (as Mrs. Berman), Michael Peña (as Garcia), Leon (as Stoney), Gabriel Mann (as Pfc. Brian Knoll), Dean Stockwell (as General Lancaster), Brian Delate (as Colonel Marshall)

Medium: Digital Copy

Plot Outline: 1989. The Berlin Wall is about to fall, and the world is about to be made safe for the new world order. But outside of Stuttgart, West Germany, at Theodore Roosevelt Army Base, Specialist Ray Elwood of the 317th Supply Battalion is about to find his own cold war turn white hot. Elwood's a lovable rogue, a conscript who's managed to turn his military servitude into a blossoming network of black market deals, more out of boredom than ambition. Officially, there's his day job as battalion secretary to the inept but caring Commander Wallace Berman. On the side, there's everything from selling the locals stolen Mop'N'Glo to cooking heroin for the base's ruthless head of Military Police, Sgt. Saad. When a new top sergeant arrives, with the avowed intention of cleaning the base up, Elwood thinks the new blood is nothing he can't handle, especially after he lays eyes on the top's daughter, rebellious Robyn. But that was before he figured in the $5 million in stolen arms that just landed on ...

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