Taps (Special Edition)
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Movie Reviews of Taps (Special Edition)
Movie Review: great classic
Summary: 5 Stars
I feel old saying this is a classic but my adult kids never heard of it. Lots of stars & great story line, right up the end.Movie Review: TAPS
Summary: 5 Stars
The DVD was defected, and so I returned it. I like the movie, but I wish I could find a DVD not defected.Movie Review: taps
Summary: 5 Stars
The movie was delivered very quickly and was brand new condition. I will order again.Movie Review: Great
Summary: 5 Stars
I have always loved the movie and the DVD with all of the extras is greatMovie Review: This movie shows how "honor" means nothing anymore
Summary: 4 Stars
Here you have a military academy, which teaches our youngest Americans to be military cadets. But, when the state decides that there is no longer any use for the academy, especially since the mayor feels that the grounds could serve as something more profitable than a military academy, the general (George C. Scott) who runs the academy (who has fought in many true wars), is told to address the cadets that the academy will close in one year. All that you've learned about "honor", just forget about it. It was a 151 year old joke and a waste of your time.
At the 151 year celebration of the academy, a bunch of drunk teens come to mess with the cadets and, of course, a fight escalated and the general himself pulls his gun and accidentally shoots one of the raucous drunk teens. He then has a heart attack and is rushed to the hospital expecting to face charges for the accidental shooting. It is then decided that the academy must shut down immediately. The highest ranking cadet (Timothy Hutton) decides that he will not just shut down the academy just because the governor says so. So he, Sean Penn, and Tom Cruise, and about a hundred cadets of various ages, establish their own call to arms and defend the academy against the governor. The governor even brings out the real military to shut down the academy. Of course, there's not a happy ending to this film. Kids die standing up for what they've been taught to believe in, and all the good that could have come from these future defenders of our country is suddenly meaningless. This film sends the message that the human mind is expendable. Yes, we want to teach you "honor" and yes we want you to fight for whatever cause the government may send you off to do. But, we also want you to be able to turn it off like a "switch", and return to being the useless drunk teens that put their thumbs to their noses in the name of our country's true integrity. In this film, "honor" is proven to be an inconvenience if the government sees something more profitable to itself by other means.
It's an excellent film, but it sure can make you mad. Add this film to your anti-establishment - "it's us against them" films.