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	The Mediadrome - Film - Reviews - Tigerland
		Tigerland is a crudely-shot bare-bones film in which the performances are as powerful as the subject matter.
		Tigerland may not actually be in the jungles of Southeast Asia, but it's about as close as you're gonna get.
		Tigerland may be the last place on earth you'd want to be if your were in the military, but as far as movies go, it's a place you shouldn't miss.
	www.themediadrome.com /content/reviews/tigerland.htm (715 words)

	Tigerland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tigerland is a 2000 movie, starring Colin Farrell in his role as Boz, taking place in a training camp for soldiers to be sent to the Vietnam War.
		At the beginning of the film, Boz, a drafted soldier who is opposed to the war, is shown to be an unruly soldier who has no respect for authority: disobeying orders, talking back to his superiors, and having a foul mouth.
		As the movie nears the end, the platoon is sent to "Tigerland" - a place specially designed as the best possible replica of Vietnam.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tigerland (859 words)

	Tigerland [2001] DVD at Shop Ireland
		Tigerland is a brutal and intense training ground which is the last stop between the soldiers and the Vietnam War and during his time there, Bozz's leadership and character bring him and his men together - triggering extraordinary consequences.
		Tigerland is one of the best war films in memory, but not because of the action, it's because of the drama.
		Tigerland is set in 1971, towards the end of the Vietnam War- notably this is set after such dubious revelations as the bombing of Cambodia, the students at Kent State who were shot by the National Guard when protesting at that & the revelations of My-Lai.
	www.shopireland.ie /dvd/reviews/B0000634AV (1539 words)

	Tigerland (UK - DVD R2) in Reviews > Video Discs at DVDActive
		Tigerland is one of those films which performed awfully at the box-office but received surprisingly good reviews from critics.
		Tigerland has probably over ten main characters and during the movie we get to know about their backgrounds and their thoughts on fighting in the war.
		Tigerland is a film which deserves to be more successful then it is. This is one of the best war movies to be released for a long time.
	www.dvdactive.com /reviews/dvd/tigerland.html (1898 words)

	DVD Review: Tigerland
		"Tigerland" looks at Bozz and the rest of the recruits as they are trained on the Tigerland grounds in preparation for the Vietnam war.
		I didn't feel that "Tigerland" was without flaws and concerns, but for Schumacher, it's a step (or better said, a leap) in the right direction.
		VIDEO: "Tigerland" is rather rough and tough looking material, but Fox has done a fine job with the presentation for this anamorphic widescreen edition, in the film's original 1.85:1 aspect ratio.
	www.currentfilm.com /dvdreviews2/tigerlanddvd.html (880 words)

	The Movie Report Archive, Volume 77 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Tigerland (R) Long considered synonymous with empty Hollywood razzle dazzle, director Joel Schumacher seems increasingly determined to prove his artistic worth.
		Klavan, an Army veteran, used his real-life Tigerland training experience as a foundation for the script, and the day-to-day grind of the training as depicted rings true: the harsh verbal and physical abuse inflicted by the superiors; the petty tensions that arise between soldiers.
		Tigerland is pretty much the story of Privates Bozz (Colin Farrell) and Paxton (Matthew Davis), who bond and become best friends during training at Fort Polk, Louisiana sometime in 1971.
	www.shagpro.com /mrbrown/movierpt77.html (6204 words)

	Tigerland
		One Tigerland NCO (Cole Hauser) admonishes his wards "to listen and to learn" because what he has to teach them may save their lives in combat.
		But for all of the cliche, "Tigerland" is a well-crafted, though predictable, parable about a man so bent on saving others that he may not be able to save himself.
		When the group is moved to Tigerland itself and into the professional hands of Sergeant Cota (Cole Hauser, "Pitch Black"), the men are split into play acting camps with Bozz and Paxton cast as Vietnamese and Wilson as a U.S. soldier.
	www.reelingreviews.com /tigerland.htm (1048 words)

	DVDCC.COM: Tigerland DVD REVIEW (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Tigerland is exceedingly familiar – from its well-worn story to the various stereotypical characters – but with a flick like this, that’s okay.
		But the heart of Tigerland is Farrell’s relationship with his surroundings, which seems to waver between hatred and grim acceptance.
		Tigerland is an effective look at the training process that recruits have to endure, but never quite catches fire or becomes the searing expose that director Schumacher intended.
	www.dvdcc.com /review.php?tigerland (725 words)

	DVD Times - Tigerland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Tigerland is the story of Roland Bozz (played with an unconvincing American accent by Colin Farrell), a recruit who is drafted to serve in Vietnam in 1971.
		In fact, the final Tigerland sequences are some of the most beautifully shot sequences over the last few years, and it's a pity Schumacher is not expert enough to fully utilise them.
		Tigerland will be liked by some but will spark little amongst the uninterested, and this DVD release is strictly for the fans.
	www.dvdtimes.co.uk /content.php?contentid=5081 (1327 words)

	AboutFilm.Com - Tigerland (2000)
		It goes without saying that Tigerland marks a departure for Schumacher and is a breakout opportunity for star Colin Farrell.
		For one, Tigerland resists the usual story arc involving "transformation" in one form or another by the lead character.
		To its credit, Tigerland doesn't aim for dramatic transformations of one sort or another, but sticks to smaller and less hackneyed terrain.
	www.aboutfilm.com /movies/t/tigerland.htm (594 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Tigerland [2001]: DVD: Colin Farrell,Matthew Davis,Clifton Collins Jr.,Tom Guiry,Shea Whigham,Russell ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Tigerland is one of the best war films in memory, but not because of the action, it's because of the drama.
		Tigerland was a major part of this fresh cycle- upon hearing of it I did wonder if we really needed another 'Nam film (the recent 'Pocket Essentials' on Nam films shows what a genre it has become).
		Tigerland is set in 1971, towards the end of the Vietnam War- notably this is set after such dubious revelations as the bombing of Cambodia, the students at Kent State who were shot by the National Guard when protesting at that & the revelations of My-Lai.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Tigerland-Colin-Farrell/dp/B0000634AV (2448 words)

	COLIN FARRELL FANSITE
		Set in 1971, when America was a nation divided over the escalating violence and bloodshed of the Vietnam War, TIGERLAND begins when thousands of young soldiers had already lost their lives to the war, and thousands more were preparing to enter combat.
		TIGERLAND was shot in 28 days on a military base in Starke, Florida.
		Instead, he shot Tigerland on a Florida army base for chump change ($10 million), working with a script by the untried Ross Klavan and Michael McGruther, and a cast of unknowns.
	www.colinfarrellfansite.com /filmtigerland.htm (814 words)

	Amazon.ca: Tigerland: Video (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Tigerland is a Vietnam war film with a difference.
		It doesn't have a particular political message regarding Vietnam; it is more of a critique on the culture of warfare in general, where it is difficult to tell the sane from the insane, the true believers from the patriots, and those who simply want to remain alive.
		Tigerland is the last stop before 'Nam, where Fort Polk recruits spend their final week of infantry training.
	www.amazon.ca /Tigerland/dp/B000068TTP (1730 words)

	Tigerland - Cranky Critic® Movie Reviews
		Tigerland is set in September of 1971, though we actually get nowhere near Vietnam.
		And finally, to "Tigerland, the second worst place on Earth" where the conditions are as close to Viet Nam as are physically possible and the ammunition is live.
		He shoots the film in 16mm handheld documentary style and the images subtly degrade as the story moves closer and closer to its conclusion, with colors fading away until only Army green and Human flesh are left.
	www.crankycritic.com /archive00/tigerland.html (1041 words)

	Tigerland (2000/2001): Colin Farrell, Matthew Davis, Clifton Collins, Jr., Shea Wigham - PopMatters Film Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In Tigerland, director Joel Shumacher plunges a platoon of undersized, undereducated, undertrained teenagers and twentysomethings into the last weeks of infantry preparation in 1971 before deployment to Vietnam, when military actions won not wars but transient advantage at the worldly Parisian negotiating tables and odium in the stateside streets.
		Tigerland's characters are initially appealing in the same way: college dropout turned draftee hardass Bozz (Colin Farrell), college-educated volunteer and aspiring writer Paxton (Matthew Davis), and a callow bunch of skinny, largely Southern no-hopers who are already casualties of war long before they leave Fort Polk, Louisiana at the movie's end.
		Tigerland turns that same step of acknowledging a responsibility greater than oneself into a personal defeat, the inevitable breaking of a rebel.
	www.popmatters.com /film/reviews/t/tigerland.shtml (1488 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Film \| Reviews \| Tigerland (2000)
		Tigerland definitely represents a departure for Joel Schumacher (of the lamentable last brace of Batman outings), but otherwise sticks steadfastly to Hollywood?s Bumper Book of Army Training Cliches.
		Colin Farrell lives up to critical hype proclaiming his charismatic performance as the boot camp troublemaker, and the efforts of the cast?s other unknowns are to be praised (Shea Whigham is a stand-out).
		One wonders whether Tigerland would have gotten all this attention had it been directed by a nobody.
	www.guardian.co.uk /Film/Reader_Review/0,4163,-87083,00.html (516 words)

	Tigerland - Greg's Preview - Yahoo! Movies
		Tigerland, however, doesn't have the script and acting performances to live up to the promising technical aspects.
		There are things to like in Tigerland, like Farrell's fiery and rebellious performance, and the detail with which Schumacher and his reportedly minimalist crew recreated the era and setting of a boot camp in the time of war.
		It appears that what Schumacher is trying to do with Tigerland is similar to what he was aiming for with Flawless, which was to get back to his roots with smaller character-driven stories (ie, not Batman).
	www.upcomingmovies.com /tigerland.html (828 words)

	Tigerland
		Joel Schumacher's Tigerland is a story of two young men who meet and become pals while trying to survive boot camp and Tigerland, a preparatory state prior to being sent to the Vietnam war.
		Boz is the humanity admidst the inhumanity at Tigerland.
		The only problem is, as is too well depicted in the film, that one must suffer the verbal and physical punishments of the Army (any establishment, really) for not towing the line and playing along with their game of making killing machines for their country.
	blogs.salon.com /0002090/stories/2004/04/19/tigerland.html (311 words)

	tigerland
		Tigerland is a hellhole that comes with a swamp replica of 'Nam, and is known by the Army men as "the second worst place on earth." The officers refer to it as "the stateside province of Vietnam."
		Tigerland heads towards its less than 'Big Bang' finale with the same forced messages about war that could not only chase sluts out of a hotel room, but drive viewers to the theater's lobby faster than a speeding bullet.
		It's a movie all about male-bonding, how the hipster white dude Bozz can rap with the fl dudes who are naturally hip and sure know how to sing, and of how beautiful all the men look when they have a splatch of dirt on their faces.
	www.sover.net /~ozus/tigerland.htm (792 words)

	dOc DVD Review: Tigerland (2000)
		Tigerland focuses on a company of recruits as they go through basic training, and then on to advanced infantry training nicknamed Tigerland, a grueling preparation for service in Vietnam.
		Tigerland fails to show the viewer something they have never seen before, but with Schumacher's edgy direction and some very good acting work, the film succeeds.
		Tigerland is one of the undiscovered gems of 2000, and is worthy of a purchase.
	www.digitallyobsessed.com /showreview.php3?ID=1085 (1132 words)

	Political Film Society - Tigerland
		Although some have attributed the American defeat to various factors, it was not until the release of Tigerland, directed by Joel Schumacher, that the American public could catch a glimpse of the deeply flawed military training before assignment to Vietnam.
		The climax of the film comes during a maneuver in Tigerland, where Bozz and Paxton are hunted by Wilson, who breaks regulations by using real bullets and injures Paxton.
		The point of the film appears to be that American soldiers were ill prepared to fight in a war that they knew was unpopular because the training was utterly barbaric and chaotic.
	www.geocities.com /~polfilms/tigerland.html (411 words)

	Tigerland
		Colin Farrell is a rebel with a cause in 'Tigerland'"
		"Tigerland" is a crudely-shot bare-bones film that's as powerful for its performances as it is for its subject matter.
		With "Tigerland," Schumacher not only hits his mark, but he redefines his craft.
	www.moviemantz.com /movie_reviews/1000/tigerland.html (733 words)

	Tigerland Review by Shelby Sherman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Tigerland is a must see for those of us who survived an era when NOT going to and DYING in Vietnam was simply a way of life.
		I pity their lack of perception, because Tigerland is simply a great effort.
		With only a couple of brief exceptions, Tigerland is smooth and moves right along.
	www.eadon.com /movies/zsstigerland.php (621 words)

	Amazon.com: Tigerland: DVD: Colin Farrell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		An intense final week in the live-ammo training ground nicknamed "Tigerland" galvanizes the platoon and Bozz's place in it, and although the film (partially based on cowriter Ross Klavan's own experience) lacks the emotional impact of Platoon, it deals quite potently with the internal conflicts that must be waged before external warfare can be endured.
		But when the platoon is sent to Tigerland, a hellish training ground that is the last stop before Vietnam, Bozz's leadership and loyalty brings his men together - triggering extraordinary consequences.
		Tigerland stars Irishman Colin Farrel in his first large role, and he gives a star making performance.
	www.amazon.com /Tigerland-Colin-Farrell/dp/B00003CXOY (2569 words)

	EI > DVD > Tigerland (2000)
		But when the platoon is sent to Tigerland, a hellish training ground that is the last stop before Vietnam, Bozz's leadership and loyalty bring his men together — triggering extraordinary consequences.
		I never got a chance to catch Tigerland in the theaters, which is a shame.
		This was one of the most overlooked films of 2000, and in retrospect, definitely one of my top 10 films of the year.
	www.einsiders.com /reviews/dvd/tigerland.php (522 words)

	DVD Breakdown \| The Movie Lover's DVD Site
		Tigerland is a radical, Dogme-style departure from the dreadful box-office behemoths (like the last two Batman sequels) for which he is best known.
		Colors are washed out and contrast is stark and glaring, which makes the film look as if it were actually filmed in 1971 and left in a storage room until now.
		In the end however, Tigerland has enough quality and intensity of its own to make it stand out as a decent war movie and certainly the best movie Joel Shumacher has been involved in so far.
	www.dvdbreakdown.com /titles/tigerland.html (593 words)

	Tigerland - Rotten Tomatoes
		Tigerland will only reinforce one of the biggest complaints regarding Schumacher's work: that it's all about the look, not the material.
		A modest feature with simple aims, Tigerland hits the heart through great performances from a group of unknowns, thoughtful cinematography, and sustained emotional intensity.
		Tigerland is tightly constructed and culminates with a stunningly appropriate charge of ambiguity.
	www.rottentomatoes.com /m/tigerland (828 words)

	Tigerland
		Ross Klaven had never written a screenplay before, but he had this great yarn about a charismatic slacker named Bozz, who was based on a real character that he himself met in Basic, a guy who essentially saved his life.
		Tigerland itself refers to a Vietnam simulation that the army built in the USA, somewhere in the Bayou, where some exercises used live ammo, and which provided a gritty and photogenic setting for the film's closing chapter.
		Tigerland was the last week of infantry training before you went to the front in Vietnam.
	www.fakes.net /tigerland.htm (1373 words)

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