Jarhead 3: The Siege (Film, 2016) - MovieMeter.nl (2024)

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Is Jarhead 3 worth watching? ›

This is becoming one of the best B action movie series' and it didn't try to do too much, which actually helped the movie. This is nothing comparable to 13 Hours, but for what it was it was entertaining and very watchable. Overall, worth watching and is pretty entertaining.

Synopsis Marines protecting a U.S. embassy are caught off guard when militants suddenly attack. Outnumbered and outgunned, the Marines have to muster enough courage and firepower to survive the assault.

A group of Marines must protect a US Embassy in the Middle East when it suddenly comes under attack from enemy forces. A group of Marines must protect a US Embassy in the Middle East when it suddenly comes under attack from enemy forces.

Jarhead, based on the book Jarhead by Anthony Swofford, is considered one of the most accurate war movies to date. Swofford was a member of the Surveillance and Target Acquisition (STA) Platoon in the Gulf War, a platoon largely made up of snipers that generally contained some of the better Marines in the battalion.

The film was followed by three direct-to-video sequels: Jarhead 2: Field of Fire (2014), Jarhead 3: The Siege (2016) and Jarhead: Law of Return (2019). Unlike the original, all three sequels are entirely fictional. They do not have connection to the original.

Jarhead 2: Field of Fire is the loosely connected direct-to-DVD sequel to it's predecessor, which, unlike it's successors that would only get progressively worse, was actually an okay movie. While it does have that B-movie feel, it does take a more grounded, serious tone than ever before.

Maybe you didn't know this, but there are straight-to-video sequels to JARHEAD, the 2005 Sam Mendes war film based on the memoir by Anthony Swofford. They're not about Swofford, or other real people. They're just unrelated fictional stories about Marines in the Middle East.

Jarhead 4: Law of Return follows a U.S. Senator's son and former American fighter pilot, played by Casper Alumn Devon Sawa, who now flights for the Israel Defense Forces. However, he's shot down and captured in Syria, and it's up to a team of MARSOC Raiders to free him!

Anthony Swofford (born August 12, 1970) is an American writer and former U.S. Marine, best known for his 2003 book Jarhead, based heavily on his accounts of various situations encountered in the Persian Gulf War. This memoir was the basis of the 2005 film of the same name, directed by Sam Mendes.

terms were meant as insults to Marines, but the Corps and its members embraced them. Three such words are “gyrenes,” “jarheads,” and “grunts.” Their times of origin and usage differ somewhat, but each has the same role in the Marine Corps culture. They have become a source of pride for all Marines.

Why did they brand the guy in Jarhead? ›

Troy begins to keep distant from his fellow Marines. Knowing that Troy will never be allowed to re-enlist, the Marines brand him with a hot USMC iron, marking him as one of their own. Following an accidental air attack from friendly forces, the Marines advance through the desert, facing no enemies on the ground.

Since the film was shot in southern California and Mexico during the winter months, the film stock's speed of 500 ASA was less of a problem than one might imagine.

Anthony Swofford enlists as a marine in the late 80's, and having undergone his training, finds himself sipped out when the United States becomes involved the Gulf War. An anti-war film at heart, Jarhead's low-key approach to war and dark sense of humour brilliantly capture the sheer absurdity of war. A great movie.

Swofford gets the blame because he was supposed to be on watch but had Fergus sit in for him. As a consequence, Swofford is demoted from Lance Corporal (E-3) to Private (E-1) and is forced to undertake the degrading task of burning "diesel fuel" (excrement).

Jarhead 3: The Siege

Jarhead 2: Field of Fire / Sequel