Rob Reiner’s “A Few Good Men” is a 1992 American legal drama film staring Tom Cruise. Cruise plays Daniel Kaffee, a lawyer in the American Navy who defends 2 stubborn marines on trial for murdering a colleague, William Santiago. The film also features Jack Nicholson, who plays the Colonel, Nathan R. Jessop. In a scene where Kaffee (Cruise) puts Jessop (Nicholson) on the stand and questions him whether he had ordered the 2 marines to harm William Santiago, Nicholson coined the famous quote “You can’t handle the truth”.
The cast, in particular Cruise and Nicholson, perform, powerful roles that help atone for the somewhat predictable plot. The dramatic storyline sees a young Cruise working tirelessly to prove the 2 marines are innocent, whilst Colonel Jessop wants the whole incident swept under the rug, and stands as the lawyer’s biggest obstacle.
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References:
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Few_Good_Men
2. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104257/
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