Basic (2003)

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MC and Spro continue Year 6 with one of Spro's most liked under-the-radar films. Basic reunites John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson on the screen for the first time since their Pulp Fiction days. Critics hated this film because they didn't understand it, but Spro hopes to explain it so the SCC audience can grasp how John McTiernan's (Die Hard) last film isn't filled with twists and turns but rather just manipulative lies. This episode proves that Basic isn't complicated. It's as simple as this grammatically incorrect statement: Wings is bad. #Basic #JohnTravolta #SamuelLJackson #ConnieNielson #GiovanniRibisi #military #thriller #whodoneit #timdaly #wings #JohnMcTiernan #2003movies #actiondirectors #ДжонМакТирнан #Basicmovie #BoleroRavel #КонниНильсен #section8 #ДжонТраволта #screenwritingsolutions #JamesVanderbilt #nienteèciòchesembra #ДжованниРибизи #nothingiswhatitseems #decorsdecinema #DennisBradford #questionedipuntidivista #базаклейтон #directeurphoto #SteveMason #閉ざされた森 #army #mission #soldiers #survivors #investigation #stories

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MC and Spro continue Year 6 with one of Spro’s most liked under-the-radar films. Basic reunites John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson on the screen for the first time since their Pulp Fiction days. Critics hated this film because they didn’t understand it, but Spro hopes to explain it so the SCC audience can grasp how John McTiernan’s (Die Hard) last film isn’t filled with twists and turns but rather just manipulative lies. This episode proves that Basic isn’t complicated. It’s as simple as this grammatically incorrect statement: Wings is bad. #Basic #JohnTravolta #SamuelLJackson #ConnieNielson #GiovanniRibisi #military #thriller #whodoneit #timdaly #wings #JohnMcTiernan #2003movies #actiondirectors #ДжонМакТирнан #Basicmovie #BoleroRavel #КонниНильсен #section8 #ДжонТраволта #screenwritingsolutions #JamesVanderbilt #nienteèciòchesembra #ДжованниРибизи #nothingiswhatitseems #decorsdecinema #DennisBradford #questionedipuntidivista #базаклейтон #directeurphoto #SteveMason #閉ざされた森 #army #mission #soldiers #survivors #investigation #stories

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