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| For Queen and Country | 
 enlarge | Director: Martin Stellman
Actors: Denzel Washington, Dorian Healy, Sean Chapman, Graham Mctavish, Geff Francis
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Category: DVD
List Price: $14.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 40412
Format: Color, Dvd-video, Letterboxed, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 105
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 1006509
ISBN: 0792860837
UPC: 027616906953
EAN: 9780792860839
ASIN: B0001VTPUO
Theatrical Release Date: May 19, 1989
Release Date: June 1, 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Amazon.com
Denzel Washington adopts a British accent for the grim if compelling, 1989 social drama, For Queen and Country. Akin in mood and story to several American films (notably Rolling Thunder) about Vietnam veterans who return home to face indifference or hostility, For Queen and Country stars Washington as paratrooper Reuben James, a decorated veteran of the Falklands war and Britain's occupation of Northern Ireland. Returning to civilian life in the early '80s, Reuben discovers Thatcher's England (specifically London's East End) to be an intensely racist, violent ground for class warfare, crime, and drugs. Unable to find work, hassled by white cops, pressured by old mates to run afoul of the law, and rejected by a woman (Amanda Redman) who sees him as another product of a cruel and bloody era, Reuben's hope diminishes despite efforts to do the right thing. The downbeat, predictable drama is elevated by Washington's charismatic performance. --Tom Keogh
Product Description
Oscar winner* Denzel Washington is amazing (Village View) as a decorated veteran who hangs up his guns for civilian life only to discover that his return home will force him into an unexpected call to arms. Full of gritty realism (Los Angeles Times) this impressive picture (Variety) is a well-made thriller with an ending that is as unnerving as it is believable (Village View)!When war hero Reuben James (Washington) returns home he is shocked to find his neighborhood besieged by crime drugs and police corruption. Feeling betrayed by his country and frustrated by the lack of work Reuben becomes an emotional time bomb ready to explode. And when his best friend is brutally murdered this once dutiful soldier turns into a merciless vigilante hellbent on change at any cost!System Requirements: Running Time 105 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE Rating: R UPC: 027616906953 Manufacturer No: 1006509
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 Denzel fan here... March 13, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
If you appreciate Denzel's greatness as an actor, you should enjoy this film as I did. It's old, but it's a good story with great acting. It's also neat to see a young Denzel that I never knew existed. He was just as talented in this early film, as he has been in all of his films. Worth getting a copy for the collection...
 a waste of time, July 12, 2005
2 out of 7 found this review helpful
I am very disapponted with this movie. The acting was so so, plot was weak, and action scenes weren't so good either. Don't waste your time on this movie.
 A Good Movie but an Unfortunate Edit August 8, 2004
12 out of 17 found this review helpful
I originally saw this movie about 8 years ago on late night cable. I was flipping channels when I saw Denzel and began to watch this movie. I thought it was a good movie and then in a love scene Denzel (before he was a huge star) was naked. That in my opinion made the movie go from good to GREAT!! When I saw that the movie had been released on DVD I bought it immediately only to get it home and find that they edited the nude scene from the DVD. I was very dissapointed which is why I gave the movie 4 stars instead of 5. The plus side is that Denzel does have a pretty good British accent and that his acting is so good that he makes the character believable. A god choice for avid Denzel collectors.
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