In the Army Now Page #8

Synopsis: Bones and Jack are two guys with very little going right in their lives. The two decide to join the Army as part of the water purification team and eventually find themselves on the front lines in the conflict between the northern African countries of Chad and Libya. The two men, along with a few companions, have it upon themselves to save the day in combat, something they know little about.
Genre: Comedy, War
Director(s): Daniel Petrie Jr.
Production: Buena Vista
 
IMDB:
4.8
Rotten Tomatoes:
6%
PG
Year:
1994
91 min
846 Views


Nothing. I was just saying

that these code names suck.

Can I call you

General Sweet Pants?

You better remember who you're talking to,

Glendale. Are you in position?

Guy's got no sense of humor.

Yeah, we can see the target.

Have you painted it

with the laser?

Just did.

Good goin', Glendale.

The air strike is inbound.

You should acquire the target

in seven minutes.

It is vital that you do not take the laser

off the target until the target is destroyed.

Can you hold it there

for seven minutes?

I got it propped up here on the rock!

I can hold it all day. I'm good to go!

No problem, Burbank.

Good! Lay low.

And report any change

in situation.

We'll be standing by.

Out.

Come on!

Tell me again

about the store.

Ah, the store.

It's gonna be great!

We're gonna have our own room

where people can get their feet massaged-

Burbank.!

Burbank,

we're under attack.

Hold your position, Glendale.

And keep that laser on the target.

On the target?

We are the target.!

Tell 'em to hurry up!

You better hurry. We've got 60 pissed-off

Libyans headin' towards us.

Stay with it!

- Let's get these guys,Jack. Okay.

- Come on.

- We know how to do it.

- All right.

This is for

the Glendale water boys!

- Not bad, huh?

- Whoo!

Reload.

Turn it!

Sh*t!

- They missed.

- At least they didn't blow up my head.

- Great going, soldiers. We knew you could do it.

- Oh, Burbank?

I'm gonna find you the biggest

bottle of champagne in Chad!

Don't pop the cork yet.

The bombs missed.

The base wasn't hit. You better send

another air strike and fast.!

Wait one.

Glendale?

The back-up strike of F-111 s

is being diverted to your target.

- E. T.A. three minutes.

- Three minutes? What, are you crazy?

We don't have three minutes. In three

minutes we're gonna be shish kebabs!

We're under serious attack!

You'll have

to hold them.

- Oh, sh*t!

- Oh, my god.

You better get the planes here sooner.

The scuds are ready to fire.

Two minutes

and 30 seconds.

Hey. Hey!

Where's he goin'?

Hey! Hey!

All right, my man!

You stay right here.

I gotta go.

Hey, guys

move over!

"Cock firing mechanism. "

- Report the situation.

- Shut up.

"Aim, set range if known

or estimate"?

- Who came up with these directions?

- I don't know.

Tell me to shut up one more time and I'm gonna

rip your spine out and use it for a putting iron!

Shut up.

I'm not good with directions.

"Push safety and hold down. "

Okay, everybody back!

"Fire by pushing trigger. "

Suck on this

a- one time!

Oh. Sorry.

Last chance,

my friend.

- Yeah!

- Yeah!

Whoo!

Oh, man!

At my signal,

everybody scream like crazy.

Make 'em think we've got

50 guys up here, okay?

One and go!

We scared 'em!

Yeah, don't mess with

the Glendale Reservists!

Behind you.!

Two weeks a year,

one weekend a month.

We're the few!

We're the proud!

We're the water boys!

- Bones, duck.!

- Get down.!

- Yeah, hey. All right, Stern.

- Thanks.

Not bad for a bunch

of water boys, huh?

No! Soldiers!

I'm proud of you guys.

Glendale.!

You oughta be... damn

pleased with yourselves!

Congratulations.

You did an outstanding job.

It wasn't a job, First Sergeant.

It was an adventure.

Hey! Hey!

- You're gonna have to go get a blood test, Bones.

- What?

#Bang, and here we go #

# Watch the road

Don't drive so slow #

#It takes so long

And it's so hard #

# There's a billion bones

in my backyard #

#I get excited

I get so impatient #

#It takes too long

to get back home #

#But you and I, do or die

And we've onlyjust begun #

#And I feel like havin'fun #

Have a good day.

If you need anything come see us.

- Look at that hair!

- Oh, hey!

- How you doin'?

- Real well. Jack and Bones, huh?

You fellas gonna be

all you can be?

It's a win-win

situation?

- Ah, this is crazy, man!

- No, it's brilliant!

It's just two weeks a year, man.

One weekend a month.

- That can't be right.

- I swear!

Trust me.

#It costs too much #

#And I talk too much #

#It takes so long #

#And it goes so fast #

#I can't think too straight #

# Oh, oh, oh #

#And we've only

just begun #

#And I feel like

havin'fun #

#And I swear

I'll be all right #

# Until the next one #

#And we've only

just begun #

#And I feel like

havin'fun #

#But I swear

I'll be all right #

# Until the next one #

#And I start offi

feeling swell #

#Pretty soon

I'll turn to well #

#But I swear

I'll be all right #

# Until the next one #

#And I start offi

doing fine #

#Pretty soon

I'll keep in time #

#But I swear

I'll be all right #

# Until the next time #

#And I start offi

doing fine #

#Pretty soon

I'll keep in time #

#But I swear

I'll be all right #

# Until the next time #

# Until the next time

Until the next time ##

- What shall we do?

- Water purification sounds good to me, man.

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Ken Kaufman

Ken Kaufman was born in 1963. He is known for his work on Space Cowboys (2000), The Expendables 2 (2012) and The Missing (2003). more…

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