| Southern Comfort (1981),
				Director: Walter Hill, rated R (for violence, 
				language) 
				It's the land of 
				hospitality... unless you don't belong there. 
				
		  Starring: 
Keith Carradine, Powers Boothe, Fred Ward, Franklyn Seales, T.K. Carter, Lewis 
Smith, Les Lannom, Peter Coyote, Alan Autry, Brion James, Sonny Landham 
				DML Rating: 
				★★★★★★★★☆☆ 
				- great 
				"Well, you know how it 
				is, down here in Louisiana, we don't carry guns, we carry ropes, 
				RC colas and moon pies, we're not too smart, but we have a real 
				good time." - Spencer 
				Why watch this? It's 
				never a good idea to venture into the Louisiana swamps and start 
				a fight with the locals. 
				Plot Summary: 
				A squad of nine Louisiana Army National Guard soldiers are 
				charged with conducting a training exercise through the swampy 
				Bayou. New to the group is Cpl. Hardin from Texas. He 
				immediately recognizes the men are poorly disciplined and 
				arrogant, but he does manage to form a bond with a 
				likewise-cynical private named Spencer. The two are easily the 
				most rational of the bunch. The men head out, armed with blank 
				bullets in their guns, and get quickly lost. They come upon a 
				deserted trapper campsite and decide to commandeer the trapper's 
				canoes to shorten their journey. BIG MISTAKE. The cajun trappers 
				show themselves at the shore and shoot the Guard's leader, Staff 
				Sgt. Poole. Once the men collect themselves, the cajuns have 
				vanished into the marshes, so the soldiers press on. However, 
				now they are being hunted by a deadly, crafty and mostly unseen 
				enemy. Dad's Preview: 
				Many have compared this intense thriller to 
				Deliverance 
				(1978), and there are similarities (such as murderous 
				hillbillies), but Southern Comfort stands just fine on 
				its own. The cast is superb, as is the complete sense of dread 
				and helplessness created by director Walter Hill. Who, if 
				anyone, will survive? As they say on the bayou, "Dat be da 
				quession..."      
				 Cinema Group 
				Ventures, Phoenix (II); 20th Century Fox
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