Academy Award winner Jamie Foxx and Jake Gyllenhaal star in this critically acclaimed, brilliantly unconventional war story from Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes.

Jarhead (the self-imposed moniker of the Marines) follows Swoff (Gyllenhaal) from a sobering stint in boot camp to active duty, where he sports a sniper rifle through Middle East deserts that provide no cover from the heat or Iraqi soldiers. Swoff and his fellow Marines sustain themselves with sardonic humanity and wicked comedy on blazing desert fields in a country they don't understand against an enemy they can't see for a cause they don't fully grasp.

CAST AND CREW

Jamie Foxx Jacob Vargas Jake Gyllenhaal Laz Alonso Dennis Haysbert Sam Mendes

GENRE

Action, Drama

CERTIFICATE

Contains strong language, sex references and strong war imagery

RUN TIME

1 hour 58 minutes

RELEASED

2005