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Courage Under Fire

Name: Courage Under Fire
Director: Edward Zwick
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Mystery, War
Released: 1996-07-04
Duration: 116 min
Rating: 6.6
Cast: Denzel Washington, Meg Ryan, Lou Diamond Phillips, Michael Moriarty, Matt Damon

1996 · 1h 56m · Drama, Thriller, Mystery, War

IMDb 6.6 Metacritic 77 RT 86%

YES. This is a solid military thriller with real moral weight—a guilt-ridden officer unraveling a web of lies while confronting his own sins makes for genuinely tense drama. Denzel Washington and Meg Ryan elevate the material, and director Edward Zwick knows how to build suspense and explore the messy ethics of war, so skip the score hunt and watch it tonight.

Plot

A US Army officer, who made a "friendly fire" mistake that was covered up, has been reassigned to a desk job. He is tasked to investigate a female chopper commander's worthiness to be awarded the Medal of Honor. At first all seems in order. But then he begins to notice inconsistencies between the testimonies of the witnesses...

Director: Edward Zwick

Cast: Denzel Washington, Meg Ryan, Lou Diamond Phillips, Michael Moriarty, Matt Damon

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