Plot Summary for Buffalo Soldiers (2001)
"1989. The Berlin Wall is about to fall, and the world is about to be made safe for the new world order. But outside of Stuttgart, West Germany, at Theodore Roosevelt Army Base, Specialist Ray Elwood of the 317th Supply Battalion (Joaquin Phoenix) is about to find his own cold war turn white hot. Elwood's a loveable rogue, a conscript who's managed to turn his military servitude into a blossoming network of black market deals, more out of boredom than ambition. Officially, there's his day job as battalion secretary to the inept but caring Commander Wallace Berman (Ed Harris). On the side, there's everything from selling the locals stolen Mop'N'Glo to cooking heroin for the base's ruthless head of Military Police, Sgt. Saad. When a new top sergeant (Scott Glenn) arrives, with the avowed intention of cleaning the base up, Elwood thinks the new blood is nothing he can't handle, especially after he lays eyes on the top's daughter, rebellious Robyn (Anna Paquin). But that was before he figured in the $5 million in stolen arms that just landed on his lap, Berman's jealous wife, an insane Turkish drug dealer, and, of course, the resulting lust, betrayal, and murder."
Just what we need...a shooting war in progress now, and Hollywood's Heroes want to portray us as a bunch of dope-smuggling, heroin-using, arms-dealing clowns.
I am beside myself...
I hope not, SAM. I just hope that, if I (and some of my FRiends) spread the word wide enough, no one will go to this flick in the mistaken belief that it's just a patriotic comedy, and thus pump one cent more into its' makers coffers.
I want this to be a HUGE turkey...beyond ANY they've seen.