POGO (PogoNeo) If you watch the trailer, it will be somewhat misleading, because the explosion of a ship does not really happen in the movie, among other things shown in the promo. But the bigger issue with this war academy movie is this: it has not enough soldier's life in it, while at the same time is has way too much sport in form of boxing, especially near the end. And also, like so many others pictures about men becoming soldiers (cops, firefighters, lifeguards etc.), it has a romance in it, panning to the female portion of the audience; which is a serious problem haunting not only the Hollywood film industry. Unfortunately in this case, Jordana Brewster is just not cut out from the same material as Demi "J.I. Jane" Moore and as such is not believable as an US Navy instructor. On the other hand, the rest of the cast probably could not be betterAlthough that extensive amount of boxing and preparation for the matches could also be viewed as a plus, because of them this "peacetime war" movie is not so typical as you could expect. And also the matches are presented not from A-to-Z way. For example from the second one only the finale is shown, with entertaining camera work; while in the third one there is this climax moment that is not the end of a fight, which is achieved by a slow motion technique in combination with extraordinary music of Brian Tyler. And that is another quality of this picture- the original score, with both nostalgic / love theme and energetic and not so classical-like action music. But on top of that, there is also very good music supervision, resulting in a a great usage of the song "Different Stars" by Trespassers William and "Born Too Slow" by The Crystal MethodAll in all, this is not a war epic nor a great movie, but simply a good execution of interesting story and characters, with the US Navy serving merely as a setup. And most definitely it is not that stupid and / or boring, as some negative user reviews from IMDb describe it

bpatrick-8 Although I've never been to a military academy I am aware that plebes (first-year students) are not allowed to fraternize with upperclassmen (or women), although I've heard stories of plebes who were "recognized" during plebe year and were allowed to fraternize with those specific individuals. Therefore, the Franco-Brewster relationship is wrong, at least until he gets to his second year. Franco's character also seems to have way too much time on his hands (isn't he supposed to be in his room for study period and after lights out?). And as several people have pointed out, Tyrese Gibson's character was a Marine, not a "soldier." I bet a lot of ex-Marines found that to be a hoot.Now for my question: Huard (Franco) and Loo. Loo got one midshipman kicked out on an honor violation, he moves out of the room and encourages Twins to do the same because Huard "is just going to bring you down," in his preliminary fight with Huard he tells him that "payback is a b****" and taunts him throughout the match. Then he ends up, along with Ali (Brewster), coaching him for Brigades! And where did she learn to box? She doesn't even seem to be the type who would get dirt on herself!A few words from the writers might have been in order.

thirteeninchwinch This was a tale that didn't really need to be told. In fact, it was more of an advertisement for the navy than an actual movie. Franco does little to create a 3 dimensional character, and is not helped by being thrown into 2 hours of navy recruitment without first establishing why he's there, or why he's facing such adversity. Other weak plot points included the silly coincidental bar flirt...................which turned out to be a superior officer! What, no way! Who would have thought? Plus the entire end of the movie became a determination to win a boxing match, which was irrelevant to the previous plot of the movie - getting into the navy.

ballboy01200 I saw this movie when I had just got out of boot camp (2 years ago) thinking it was going to be a good movie, boy was I wrong, the movie does not portray us Sailors properly. There is no fraternization in the Navy, but it is here?!?!?! WTF!?!?! If this how the current Hollywood thinks the movie is, go back and watch Men of Honor, thats how the "REAL NAVY" is, and always will be! So whomever thought this movie was good, take advice from a sailor, and that is... "If you wish to see the REAL US NAVY, then go to your local recruiting office, and tell them SIGN ME UP!" I was embarrassed to even pay for this movie, let alone see the blasted thing, this movie in the end said, "Come join the navy and you can screw around with whomever you want." The only things real about the Navy in this movie, was the Review Board towards the end of the movie, evil RDCs (Recruit Division Commanders), PLEB Year suck, and the Sports thing at the end, other than that, is was the make believe Navy from Hollywood.