Story Line
A hard-nosed, hard-living Marine gunnery sergeant clashes with his superiors and his ex-wife as he takes command of a spoiled recon platoon with a bad attitude.
“...the scars run deep.”
Top Cast
Clint Eastwood
Gunnery Sgt. Tom 'Gunny' Highway
Marsha Mason
Aggie
Everett McGill
Major Malcolm A. Powers
Moses Gunn
Staff Sergeant Webster
Mario Van Peebles
Corporal 'Stitch' Jones
Eileen Heckart
Little Mary Jackson
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Rating
6.9/ 10
Release Date
1986-12-05
Runtime
2h 10m
Genres
WarDrama
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User Reviews (4)
Wuchak
6/10
•12/18/2018***A more comedic version of “The Dirty Dozen,” but taking place in 1983 and starring Clint Eastwood***
Clint Eastwood’s "Heartbreak Ridge" (1986) stars Eastwood as a tough, soon-to-retire Marine gunnery sergeant who conflicts with the brass and...
John Chard
7/10
•4/22/2019Crusty Clint is still not to be messed with.
One of Clint Eastwood's most accessible 80s movies, Heartbreak Ridge sees the gruff actor on very fine form, this even though the "war is hell" core that fills out the last quarter via a rather silly gu...
r96sk
7/10
•2/2/2022<em>'Heartbreak Ridge'</em> is a rather good war film, one I enjoyed a fair bit.
Clint Eastwood, to no-one's surprise, is the best performer from the onscreen talent, though I did like the support cast - namely Mario Van Peebles, Boyd Gaines and A...
CinemaSerf
6/10
•3/29/2025Given the amount of homophobic/erotic banter going on here, it might have been more memorable if Clint Eastwood had actually had a gay character save the day in this otherwise bland and forgettable version of the “I wanna be your drill instructor” mo...