Starring: Michael Beach, Jay Brazeau, Alec Burden, Roark Critchlow, Don S. Davis Average Rating: Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: DVD Format: Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC Label: Republic Pictures Number of Items: 1 Picture Format: Pan & Scan Region Code: 1 Release Date: December 19, 2000 Running Time: 97 minutes Theatrical Release Date: January 18, 1991
Amazon.com: Martin Sheen's 1991 directorial debut features Sheen as the disturbed head of a military stockade where the prisoners include a troublemaking Army misfit played by his son Charlie. Private Bean (Charlie Sheen) is thrown into the stockade with a group of five blacks calling themselves the Soul Patrol, and gradually learns teamwork from the men, including their leader Stokes (Laurence Fishburne). Eventually the tug of war between Bean and the bigoted commander reaches a boiling point with tragic conclusions, and Bean learns the meaning of compassion and the difference between right and wrong. The film is nothing particularly inspiring or insightful, but the supporting players, including Fishburne, give solid performances, and Cadence affords the audience a chance to see the father and son team work together in an earnest and well-meaning drama. --Robert Lane
Gives clarity to war and race Cadence examines some of the constraints of war - losing a parent with no time to grieve. Bean's grief lead him to getting a tattoo on his hands, against military rule. He landed in a an all black stockade with a racist leader. Bean's most valuabe lessons came when he blended with the other inmates after a rocky start. This movie showed racism from an entirely different perspective - the Vietnam War. The inmates banded together, black and white, showing how circumstances such as war can take away any unimportant differences and allow people to see people for who they are, not their skin color.
it's okay The movie is okay, which puts it above and beyond a lot of "movies" out there. It has it's: slow moments, scenes that really don't add anything to the story, memorable lines, strong points. Basically, I'ld rent it before I bought it.
cadence purchase the movie was clear and crisp just as if it just came out for the first time i recieved the movie quickly and packed excellently
Cadence I didn't get the video for myself. It was a gift for a friend, But I can honestly tell you, that I have seen the movie and it is a very good movie! Sometimes I wish I would have kept the movie for myself, but I had promised a friend I would give them the video as a gift.
A movie with heart I first saw Cadence over 10 years ago and have only now acquired it on DVD. The movie has a simple but compact plot that really works for me and I believe the interaction between the prisoners and their new room mate (Charlie Sheen)was very well put together.
The "Cadence" they march to when going to work detail or chow is an integral part of the story and the action that goes with it will make you smile. The story line wasn't full of intrigue or special effects. It is about a group of prisoners in a Military stockade, their guards and their Commander (Martin Sheen) and their day to day life. Throw in a project to fix a windmill and the Guard Commander with problems of his own and you have a movie well worth watching.
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