One of the best war movies of the last 20 years has three sequels that almost nobody knows about

In 2020, Sam Mendes won three Oscars (out of eleven nominations) and many other awards for his World War II epic 1917, shot almost entirely in one shot. But even if the British director tries a new genre in almost every film – moving from satirical drama (American Beauty) to gangster films (Death Path) through James Bond (Skyfall) – he has not made just one, but. Two war films that could hardly be more different.

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but 1917 Immersing the audience in the horrors of war and relying on the immersive effect, Jarhead (2005) follows US Marines (two of whom are played by Jake Gyllenhaal and Jamie Foxx) as they wait for months in vain for something. in the Gulf War – and thus spends most of the film under the hot desert sun.

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If Jarhead Although not a huge success at the box office, the film was still well received by critics – rated 3.8 out of 5 by the press and 3.6 out of 5 by AlloCiné – and thus became a cult in its genre.

His story didn’t warrant a sequel, but three spin-off projects did see the light of day, all straight-to-DVD: Jarhead 2 (2014), Jarhead 3: The Siege (2016) and Jarhead 4: Law Of Return (2019), three action-packed A feature film that has nothing to do with the first (or Sam Mendes) and in which various actors participate. Thus, three “sequels” (much less original) to one of the best war films of the last 20 years have literally gone unnoticed!

If you want to discover them, you should turn to video on demand. All Jarhead movies can be (re)discovered for sale or rent on major streaming platforms.