Basic
Deception is their most dangerous weapon.
When a hurricane hits a US Army base on the edge of the Panama Canal, an elite covert operations team of US Army Rangers recruits are on a routine jungle training exercise that goes horribly awry.
- Director
- John McTiernan
- Worldwide
- $43M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
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What It's About
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When a hurricane hits a US Army base on the edge of the Panama Canal, an elite covert operations team of US Army Rangers recruits are on a routine jungle training exercise that goes horribly awry. Only two recruits are rescued, one of which is badly injured, but both have different accounts regarding the fate of their leader, legendary and ruthless Army Ranger Drill Sergeant Nathan West, and the rest of their platoon. Tom Hardy, an ex-army Ranger turned maverick DEA agent is brought in to solve the mystery and uncover what really happened out there.
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Box Office & Release
Basic returned 0.9× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $50M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $43M
- Release date
- Apr 18, 2003
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States of America
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