Next up on Denzel Washington's filmography is 1984's A Soldiers Story
I really enjoyed this movie, but it falls short of being great. At times it feels like a TV movie, is a tad predictable and an important actor, is very inconsistent. Sometimes he is good, others he is awful and I'm not sure if he is dubbed or not. It's story telling is unique for this type of movie, which I appreciated.
In his role as Private First Class Peterson, Washington is already working with real talent, as the movie is directed by Norman Jewison, who on his last three movies, worked with Sly on F. I. S. T, Burt Reynolds and Goldie Hawn on Best Friends and Al Pacino on And Justice For All.
The majority of the cast are great Art Evans (Die Hard 2) in particular stands out as does Larry Riley and I always like to see David Allen Grier in a movie. Patti LaBelle stands out as Big Mary.
Washington really stand out in his small but important role.
I was shocked to see the actor I thought was inconsistent, was one of the movies three Oscar nominations. The movie and the screenplay were the other two nominations.
A Soldiers Story was the 47th highest grossing movie of 1984, grossing $21 million dollars.
I really enjoyed this movie, but it falls short of being great. At times it feels like a TV movie, is a tad predictable and an important actor, is very inconsistent. Sometimes he is good, others he is awful and I'm not sure if he is dubbed or not. It's story telling is unique for this type of movie, which I appreciated.
In his role as Private First Class Peterson, Washington is already working with real talent, as the movie is directed by Norman Jewison, who on his last three movies, worked with Sly on F. I. S. T, Burt Reynolds and Goldie Hawn on Best Friends and Al Pacino on And Justice For All.
The majority of the cast are great Art Evans (Die Hard 2) in particular stands out as does Larry Riley and I always like to see David Allen Grier in a movie. Patti LaBelle stands out as Big Mary.
Washington really stand out in his small but important role.
I was shocked to see the actor I thought was inconsistent, was one of the movies three Oscar nominations. The movie and the screenplay were the other two nominations.
A Soldiers Story was the 47th highest grossing movie of 1984, grossing $21 million dollars.