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Synopsis

When a hurricane hits a US Army base on the edge of the Panama Canal, an elite covert operations team of US Army Rangers recruits are on a routine jungle training exercise that goes horribly awry. Only two recruits are rescued, one of which is badly injured, but both have different accounts regarding the fate of their leader, legendary and ruthless Army Ranger Drill Sergeant Nathan West, and the rest of their platoon. Tom Hardy, an ex-army Ranger turned maverick DEA agent is brought in to solve the mystery and uncover what really happened out there.

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Cast

John Travolta

DEA Agent Tom Hardy

Connie Nielsen

CPT Julie Osborne

Samuel L. Jackson

Drill Sgt. SFC Nathan West

Tim Daly

COL Bill Styles

Giovanni Ribisi

2LT Levi Kendall

Brian Van Holt

SGT Ray Dunbar

Taye Diggs

Pike

Dash Mihok

SGT Mueller

Cristián de la Fuente

Castro

Roselyn Sánchez

Nuñez

Harry Connick Jr.

Dr. Pete Vilmer

Margaret Travolta

Nurse #1

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Dena Johnston

Nurse #2

Nick Loren

Helicopter Pilot

Cliff Fleming

Helicopter Pilot

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Steven Maye

CID Officer

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Jonathan Rau

G.I. on the Tarmac

Tait Ruppert

Jeep Driver

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Timothy S. Wester

Doctor

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Chris Byrne

MP

Crew

Art

• Dennis Bradford Production Design
• Gary Kosko Art Direction
• Vera Mills Set Decoration
• Bruce Bisbey Art Department Coordinator
• Paul D. Kelly Assistant Art Director
• Deborah Palmer Assistant Art Director
• Jeffrey Schlatter Construction Coordinator
• Julia Starr Sanford Set Designer
• Douglas Fox Property Master
• Gary Tuers Assistant Property Master
• Peter Damien Construction Foreman
• Rex Christensen Set Dresser

Camera

• Steve Mason Director of Photography
• Gene Page Still Photographer
• Jim McConkey Camera Operator
• Scott Rathner Assistant Camera
• George Patsos Key Grip
• Scott Rathner First Assistant Camera
• Tony Nagy First Assistant Camera
• Eric Amundsen Second Assistant Camera
• Nick Shuster Second Assistant Camera

Costume & Make-Up

• Peggy Nicholson Key Hair Stylist
• Lisa Miller Makeup Artist
• Suzy Freeman Assistant Costume Designer
• Emae Villalobos Costumer
• Kate Harrington Costume Designer
• Stephanie Polo Key Set Costumer

Crew

• Conrad V. Brink Jr. Special Effects Coordinator
• Joel Sill Executive Music Producer
• Danny Mortenson Transportation Coordinator
• Gary Davis Stunt Coordinator
• Kevin Ball Stunts
• Hank Amos Stunts
• Daniel W. Barringer Stunts
• Nick Brandon Stunts
• Christopher Byrne Stunts
• Wally Crowder Stunts
• Kiante Elam Stunts
• Jason Gray Stunts

Directing

• John McTiernan Director
• Mischa Hausserman Second Unit Director
• Ilene Pickus Script Supervisor
• Julian Wall First Assistant Director
• Douglas Plasse Second Assistant Director
• Michael Tadross Jr. Second Second Assistant Director

Editing

• George Folsey Jr. Editor
• Donald Dowd Editorial Production Assistant
• Mark Scovil Assistant Editor
• James E. 'Eddie' Nichols Jr. Assistant Editor
• Robert Raring Color Timer
• Mo Henry Negative Cutter
• Brad Wilhite Associate Editor
• Holly Sachi Assistant Editor

Lighting

• Ryan French Electrician
• Joe Humphreys Electrician
• Marc Wostak Electrician
• Jack Nealy Electrician
• Scott Stuart Electrician
• Morris Flam Chief Lighting Technician
• Clay Liversidge Assistant Chief Lighting Technician
• Billy Patsos Key Rigging Grip

Production

• Mike Medavoy Producer
• Patricia McCorkle Casting
• Sandy Watterson Production Supervisor
• James Vanderbilt Producer
• Arnold Messer Producer
• Michael Tadross Producer
• Bradley J. Fischer Co-Executive Producer
• Basil Iwanyk Executive Producer
• Jonathan D. Krane Executive Producer
• Nigel Sinclair Executive Producer
• Moritz Borman Executive Producer
• Anson Downes Associate Producer

Sound

• Klaus Badelt Original Music Composer
• Christopher Brooks Music Editor
• Andrew DeCristofaro Supervising Sound Editor
• Gregg Rudloff Sound Re-Recording Mixer
• John T. Reitz Sound Re-Recording Mixer
• David E. Campbell Sound Re-Recording Mixer
• Tim Walston Sound Effects Editor
• Stephen P. Robinson Sound Effects Editor
• Kim Secrist Sound Effects Editor
• Mike Chock Sound Effects Editor
• Harry Cohen Sound Effects Editor
• David Esparza Sound Effects Editor

Visual Effects

• Clay Dale CG Animator
• David B. Moulder Visual Effects Coordinator
• George Macri Visual Effects Producer
• Ray McIntyre Jr. Visual Effects Supervisor
• Robert Rossello Visual Effects Supervisor
• Jonah Loop Visual Effects Producer
• Patrick Flanagan Digital Compositor
• Nate Haggard Digital Compositor
• James David Hattin Digital Compositor
• Devin Uzan Digital Compositor
• John Kirby 3D Artist
• Jeremy Bloch 3D Artist

Writing

• James Vanderbilt Writer