Major Payne
by Nick Castle
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Actor: Damon Wayans, Joseph Blaire, Michael Ironside, Orlando Brown, Scott 'Bam Bam' BigelowDirector: Nick Castle
Brand: Universal Studios
Writer: Damon Wayans
Writer: Bob Mosher
Writer: Dean Lorey
Writer: Gary Rosen
Writer: Joe Connelly
Writer: Richard Alan Simmons
Writer: William Roberts
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 95 minutes
Published: 1999-01-01
DVD Release Date: 1999-01-05
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Universal Pictures
Product features:
- Condition: New
- Format: DVD
- Anamorphic; Closed-captioned; Color; DVD; Widescreen; NTSC
DVD Reviews of Major Payne
DVD Review: The Total Remake of "The Private War of Major Benson"
Summary: 4 Stars
Dear Reader,
It is true I was in training to be a film-maker of some portent...Yes, I was properly versed in the International Film Art scene, Avante-Garde and Film- Noir...I have been exposed to "Potemkin", "400 Hundred Blows", "The Bicycle Thief", "Day for Night", etc... but.......
Again let me indulge you in another one of my film "guilty pleasures"...."Major Payne"...
Yes, it is a remake of 1955, "The Private War Of Major Benson" but it's as opposite as the two Kirks in TOS, "Mirror, Mirror".....
The 1955 movie definetely has a feel of "gosh, golly, and swell".....Although "good" for it's time it generally has the "sickly sweet" feeling thoughout.
"Major Payne" takes a completely 180 degree turn....
That's right, the 1995 Major (Damon Wayans) is not a boisterous, chauvanistic, drunk....
No Siree, Bob! Major Winifred Benson Payne is a 100% killing machine...Out of his own platoon he not only captures the head "bad guy" but the bad guy's entire army! When one of his platoon mates is shot in the leg, the Major has a very "sick" solution to "Getting your mind off a that pain?" This Major is a "human terminator"; Great example is his story telling version of "The Little Train that Could"...I would go into detail but I won't as the children reading this may acquire horribly scarred pysche's...
The children in the movie are not the cute, innocent, gum chewers of 1955 but can be equally venomous and dangerous as the Major as seen in their exploits of getting rid of the Major....C'mon what kinda of kid tries to photograph a boy dressed up as a girl pretending to be sleeping with their ROTC instructor....
PRETTY DEMENTED KIDS!!!!
Yes, this movie goes way overboard on the Major's character (live ammo on the training grounds) and the children's character (payola to the local town motorcycle gang leader) but at least it has the guts to come forth and tell us just how hard it is to teach today's kids!!!!!
But, seriously folks, let your hair down and have a good hard laugh....Check out "Major Payne"....
P.S. Seeing the partial parody of "Apocolypse Now" at the beginning well worth seeing this movie!
Vulcan8630
Description of Major Payne
MAJOR PAYNE - DVD MovieLet's face facts here: You don't watch a movie like Major Payne for its artistic merit any more than you'd watch Schindler's List for its comedy. If you go in thinking otherwise, you're bucking for a disappointment. So it's a pleasant surprise to discover that Major Payne is more entertaining than a barrel full of bad reviews would lead you to believe. It's a totally formulaic comedy about a bunch of misfit kids who turn into a crack squad of skillfully disciplined ROTC cadets, but Damon Wayans is spot-on hilarious in the title role as the hardened military bulldog who whips the little slackers into shape. Wayans plays the role as if killing and warfare were the only joys in life, and when he finds himself cast adrift without a military commission, a scene that directly parodies Apocalypse Now lets you know that Wayans (who cowrote the script) is going to bring something new to this routine scenario. Major Payne's idea of a good bedtime story is to recall his worst battlefield horrors, and Wayans gives it just the right twist of comedy to put Payne's bullet-pierced heart in the right place--he's really just a good guy with an iron-clad exterior. The young recruits strut their stuff in the final round of their cadet competition (their marching rap is good for a solid laugh), and director Nick Castle keeps it all from becoming too stupid or over the top. It's arguably only for Wayans's most ardent fans, but as a send-up of all the great movie drill instructors, Major Payne is painlessly enjoyable. --Jeff Shannon
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