A Marine Story

Synopsis: Marine officer Alexandra is tough enough to kick any guy's ass in a bar fight, but there's one opponent she can't beat: military policy. When she returns to her conservative hometown from Iraq with a mysterious personal life, she finds herself charged with preparing a tempestuous teenage girl to boot camp.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Ned Farr
Production: Wolfe Video
  1 win & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.1
Metacritic:
51
Rotten Tomatoes:
60%
NOT RATED
Year:
2010
98 min
Website
104 Views


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2

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- Hi.

- Hi.

3

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So when did Frank's close down?

4

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Oh, two years, three years ago.

5

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02:22,892 -- 00:02:24,101

- Oh?

- Yeah.

6

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02:27,355 -- 00:02:30,149

Is it OK if I

stow this here while I shop?

7

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02:30,900 -- 00:02:33,610

Uh, yeah, go ahead, honey.

8

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02:40,160 -- 00:02:42,119

Can I get a pack of smokes?

9

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02:42,162 -- 00:02:44,538

Um...sure.

What kind do you want?

10

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02:44,581 -- 00:02:46,206

What do those say right there?

11

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These are lights.

12

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What are those ones,

those ones down there...

13

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Just those blue ones there.

14

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These are menthol flavored.

15

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The other ones there,

to the right.

16

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$6.24 with tax.

17

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03:01,347 -- 00:03:03,390

Um...

18

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03:06,227 -- 00:03:08,812

You know what...

I forgot my money at home.

19

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I'm gonna have to come back.

20

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[car alarm blaring,

man yelling]

21

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Call 911 !

22

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I will break this arm.

I will break it!

23

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Hold still...

24

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Hold still!

25

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That boy is just

swirlin' down the drain.

26

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Seems like they all are.

27

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Didn't have meth labs around

when we were that age.

28

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Things don't always change

for the better, I guess.

29

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No, they don't.

30

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I don't remember it being yourjob

to do something about it.

31

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I wasn't looking

for trouble, Max.

32

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That's not the way he tells it.

33

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Look, four deployments would

make Gandhi trigger-happy,

34

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so I get you

might be high-strung.

35

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But stand down, soldier.

You gotta leave this stuff to me.

36

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I know, it was stupid,

it won't happen again.

37

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You've got a more

important fight.

38

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I'd give you a lift,

but I'm a little short-handed.

39

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It's fine.

40

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- How long you in town?

- Couple ofweeks.

41

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Good.

42

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Say hi to the General

when you speak to him.

43

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I will.

44

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Hey, Max.

45

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There was a girl.

46

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- Tall, brown hair?

- Yeah.

47

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You carry any tequila?

48

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[door creaks open]

49

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05:16,190 -- 00:05:18,108

Not open yet.

50

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05:20,320 -- 00:05:23,613

Holy crap!

Is that an Everett?

51

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Hi, Shelly.

52

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05:24,741 -- 00:05:27,451

Alexandra Everett,

what the hell you doin' home?

53

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Don't you know there's a war on?

54

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How's your dad and your brother?

Everybody still got all their pieces?

55

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Yeah, so far.

56

00:
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We pray for that,

yes, we do.

57

00:
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You're lookin'

marvelous as ever.

58

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05:40,214 -- 00:05:41,798

Thanks. You, too.

59

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05:41,841 -- 00:05:43,925

Oh, please.

Marines aren't supposed to lie.

60

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Let me buy you a drink.

61

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No, thanks. I just stopped by

to say hi and use the head.

62

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OK, you know where it is.

63

00:
05:51,142 -- 00:05:53,643

You on foot?

I can give you a ride to the house.

64

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05:53,686 -- 00:05:54,603

No, thanks.

65

00:
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I need to walk off

that train ride.

66

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Ten miles ain't a walk, honey.

That's a hike.

67

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Three new messages...

68

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Alexandra, hi,

69

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07:15,601 -- 00:07:17,686

this is Tracy Flores

from San Lucas Realty.

70

00:
07:17,728 -- 00:07:19,896

Could you please call me

back and just confirm

71

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that you are there and that

I shouldn't book the house?

72

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07:23,359 -- 00:07:26,486

Thanks.

73

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Alex, it's your father.

74

00:
07:29,031 -- 00:07:32,033

Been trying to reach you

on your cell, with no luck.

75

00:
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The realtor said something

about you staying at the house.

76

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If you are, call me.

77

00:
07:39,167 -- 00:07:42,252

Hey, Alex, it's Joe.

Just heard the news.

78

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Wow..

79

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And we had a choice of our own -

either take the word of a madman

80

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or take action to defend

America and the world.

81

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Faced with that choice,

82

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I will defend America

every time.

83

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It's generally believed

there's been a let up in the

84

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violence of late in Iraq -

that is until today...

85

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The car bomb ripped through

the mostly Shiite area

86

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of North Baghdad,

called Al Haria.

87

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The car, parked next to

a bus stop at rush hour...

88

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09:02,083 -- 00:09:04,501

The explosion in the

mainly Shiite area

89

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09:04,544 -- 00:09:06,670

engulfed shops

and residential flats,

90

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causing chaos and confusion

amidst the busy streets...

91

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The meth lab explosion

in a Bear Valley home last night

92

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has left one person dead

and another with severe burns.

93

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It's the third meth lab

explosion this year...

94

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Hey!

95

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09:19,100 -- 00:09:20,850

You bought this?

96

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09:20,893 -- 00:09:22,769

She's still got some life in her.

97

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I see you put the flag up.

98

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An Everett is home.

99

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For now.

100

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Take a look in my back seat.

101

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Her name is Saffron -

Saffron Snow.

102

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- You remember the Snows?

- Yeah.

103

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You heard about the accident?

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