So, I am mainly writing this as a response to the negative reviews here. The original Caine Mutiny was a Humphrey Bogart led movie from 1954, one that I love and sticks in my memory very well. This takes notes form that movie but is not really a remake just an intensified treatise on the ending with the court martial hearing drug out and the final denouncement of the young opportunist shown his comeuppance. Any one familiar with the source material, movie or book it was based on would know this.
Now it is possible, the movie is a bit confusing for anyone not familiar with the original movie. It's almost a sequel in a way, it does update the material to a post-911 world which is interesting, and all of the acting (allll of it) is very on point. I couldn't wait to see Sutherland in the Bogart chair. I am saddened this is the final Lance Reddick performance and the last Fredkin directed movie, but both should be proud they went out in spectacular fashion.
The underlying theme of The Caine Mutiny story is not "wow that guy went crazy" - it's that well, even the best among us can crack. There is no villain, it is all perspective, and even though a wrong decision was made by Caine himself the question is were there ulterior motives invovled by other people. That's the genius of the story when i watched the 1954 classic, and the same point is made with this movie. If you don't quite understand the ending of this movie, just give it some time. I assure you it makes perfect sense- it is not as some have stated on this website some kind of 'old man ranting about the wat things used to be'. It is a warning against arrogance from two very different angles.
Now it is possible, the movie is a bit confusing for anyone not familiar with the original movie. It's almost a sequel in a way, it does update the material to a post-911 world which is interesting, and all of the acting (allll of it) is very on point. I couldn't wait to see Sutherland in the Bogart chair. I am saddened this is the final Lance Reddick performance and the last Fredkin directed movie, but both should be proud they went out in spectacular fashion.
The underlying theme of The Caine Mutiny story is not "wow that guy went crazy" - it's that well, even the best among us can crack. There is no villain, it is all perspective, and even though a wrong decision was made by Caine himself the question is were there ulterior motives invovled by other people. That's the genius of the story when i watched the 1954 classic, and the same point is made with this movie. If you don't quite understand the ending of this movie, just give it some time. I assure you it makes perfect sense- it is not as some have stated on this website some kind of 'old man ranting about the wat things used to be'. It is a warning against arrogance from two very different angles.