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Major Payne (Widescreen)
 
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Major Payne (Widescreen)

Damon Wayans , Michael Ironside , Nick Castle    PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)   DVD
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
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Let'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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5.0 out of 5 stars Major Payne is Major Funny, Jun 26 2004
Ce commentaire est de: Major Payne (Widescreen) (DVD)
I loved this movie and I love Damon Waynes character and I love when he insults peaple expacially when he cracks peaples fingers when they say something is hurting them and he said want me to take your mind off of that.LOL pure funny, worth watching and buying
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4.0 out of 5 stars Major Funny, Mar 25 2004
Ce commentaire est de: Major Payne (Widescreen) (DVD)
I liked it! I am surprised that no one seems to realize this movie is basically a remake of a Charlton Heston film, The Private War of Major Benson (which you really need to see also). This is an excellent updated version with a happy ending for soldiers as well as the Major! Laugh hard, laugh loud and watch for the cameo by the professional wrestler Bam Bam Bigelow in the "Billy Jack" fight sequence.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Major Payne is a Pain in the a**!, Feb 23 2004
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Ce commentaire est de: Major Payne (VHS Tape)
I didn't like this movie very much. I like the actor Damon Wayans for the most part, but I don't like this character he plays, I don't like his Homie The Clown character he plays because as Homie The Clown He DOES mess around, this movie had a terrible ending, the only part I like about this guy so far on the big screen is him as that ex-football player on 'The Last Boyscout', that's all so far.

I didn't mind how funny he talked and how cool he seemed for most of the movie here, but I REALLY hated the fact that this was the type of movie cadet kids would hate and a sadistic drill sergeant would enjoy.

I just hated seeing those kids CONSTANTLY getting bashed by that Payne and how the kids never fought back. And there wasn't even a happy ending with anyone of those kids as the sergeant being cool to him in the very end. In 'Stripes' with Bill Murray, it had a feel good ending for the soldier and the sergeant, 'Major Payne' is only a feel good ending for the sergeant, NOT the soldiers.

This had one of those endings that would make the kid only madder.

That damn sergeant laughed sadistically as if he hadn't learned a damn thing from that nice woman trying to change him.

I don't mind a movie too much that bashes someone or a group of people through most of the duration of the movie, but when it doesn't turn out good in the end, then I hate it.

I gave it 2 stars because Damon Wayans played a funny star and he had great potential as an actor to go from that guy in 'The Last Boyscout' to this sadistic guy who talks funny.

I wanted to see the boys get more revenge on him, tell him off more, and maybe all gang up on him, at least fight back hard to make him regret his cruel treatment all in the end at least. But no, they never got even with that S.O.B.

(and that's the bottom line 'cause Steveman said so!)

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