Lt. Col Markinson's Life Choice | A Few Good Men (Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson)
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When cocky military lawyer Lt. Daniel Kaffee and his co-counsel, Lt. Cmdr. JoAnne Galloway, are assigned to a murder case, they uncover a hazing ritual that could implicate high-ranking officials such as shady Col. Nathan Jessep.
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Those dress uniforms are so crisp.
Word, but what do they have against Mountain Dew? Code Red is delicious.
@@BoopSnoot It’s not, but decent meme.
RIP J.T. Walsh! Underrated actor! Loved him in the TV series "Dark Skies"!
I’m surprised that someone didn’t just start claiming that the dead guy gave the code red order
In real life thats exactly what would have happened. Military has become extremely good at covering up sexual assault, rape, and murder.
@@davidlazerz8564Unfortunately, sex crimes get covered up in many institutions besides the military because of the heavy scandalous social stigma attached to them.
@@davidlazerz8564Tell me you've never been or even heard of a military court martial without telling me you never been or even heard of a military court martial.
Col. Jessup wanted to take responsibility for giving the order because, regardless of consequences, he believed 'he' was right in doing so. But yes, in the real world, blame would have been put elsewhere when top brass is involved. The miliary takes care of their own, selectively, until it's a lost cause.
@@alansohn855 that’s a very lazy rebuttal.
0:20 - I’ve done as much as I can to bring truth to light
Uh… you did? Are you sure about that? Couldn’t you have testified against the colonel?
Haha exactly my thought when I heard that line
It's a movie. If he testified, the last court scene would not happen. Jessup would easily go to jail.
@@baxakk7374 responding with “it’s just a movie” has got to be the dumbest, most useless comment ever. Yeah thanks bro. We know it’s a movie. Thanks so much for lending us your insight.
He was part of the cover-up
As exemplified by Dawson to Kaffee earlier in the film, the Marine code puts loyalty to the Corps above all else, even to self. Markinson couldn't have testified because he would be betraying the code.
Also from a film studies standpoint, Markinson has to be loyal to the death, as otherwise it would make Dawson and Downey especially stupid for willing to fall on the sword like they were, when another wasn't as willing. And that hurts the central theme of the film.
That nickel plated Beretta, though
Beauty
I've always wondered if the M9 really fit in the 1911 holster as shown in the film.
@@Jordan-ce7sf I think you're right, it doesn't, which is why they didn't show him attach the holster to his uniform and it was a simple shot of him removing it.
@@Jordan-ce7sf probably not in the m1916 holster he's seen using in the film but in the m9 shoulder holster, made for the 1911, you could fit a m9
During the trial..cruise states that markinson shot himself with a .45 caliber pistol. Didnt know they made the beretta 92 in .45 cal.
There’s gun knowledge in movies for ya lmao I always crack up at the stupid false facts about guns given to you in movies
It was a prototype Beretta that only counter intel officers would've had.. cutting edge tech in the 90s 😂😂😂😂
Nobody cares other than gun nerds.
@@jonathanmccartney5809 Replace nerd with nut and it still works.
@@jonathanmccartney5809🎯
"MAJOR LENNOX PAID WITH HIS LIFE! As YOU should have done, if you had any shred of honor!" Well, at least Markinson had some honor.
Ah yes, the Major Lennox approach. Now that's soldiering
Nothing makes me happier than Sharpes quotes in the wild. “That’s my style sir.”
There was no honor in Markinson doing this. The real honor would have been to stand by his fellow marines in court and profess their innocents.
Except this isn’t actually honorable. If Markinson truly felt guilty about Santiago’s death, he should have testified against Jessup or for Dawson and Downey in order to fix his mistake. Instead, he kills himself and fails to rectify it.
Wellington wouldn't have committed suicide because a soldier was flogged to death. Markinson had another psychological issue that this incident brought to the foreground.
I always felt awful for Markinson. The way he stood on the sidelines and didn’t save Santiago, but later came to regret his decision. This contrasts Jessup, who not only admitted to the crime in anger, but admitted that he did his job and would do it again.
My headcannon is Markinson saved Jessop in Vietnam but may have gotten injured, delaying his return to service and his opportunities for promotion.
JT Walsh was incredible in every role he played.
*putt-putt=putt-putt* "Mercury is a really nice car"
That thumbnail sure leaves a bad taste is some peoples mouths
Careful. Gun jokes can be very triggering.
I'm sure that joke was aimed elsewhere.
Only those who are softer than baby shit.
Not Mine You play you pay
The movie was written in 1988 and shot in 1991 - right when the 1911A1 was being phased out for the M9. You’re totally right, but I suspect that it was a mixup due to the armorer providing the current firearm and the script lagging behind.
Col. Markinson ordered a Code Blue.
🗣️💥🔫
More like gray....matter.
I’m sure the mess was very Code Red.
CZcams bots are going to have a field day on the thumbnail.
That CZcams thumbnail is something else...
ya REEEEEEEALLLLY gotta hand it to those federal marshals... this guy didn't hang himself with a shoelace or slit his wrist with a concealed butter knife... no this guy... this guy, got into full dress uniform, drew a nickel-plated pistol from his holster, and fired a bullet into his mouth.... yeahhhh.... so since we seem to be out of witnesses, I thought I'd drink a little.
Most of the characters represent different types of bad leadership. Lieutenant Coffee is the was the unmotivated leader who inherited his leadership position and just wants to pick up his paycheck and do just enough not to get fired. Lieutenant Commander Galloway is the incompetent leader who got her job by being kicked upstairs into a position where she can tell more competent people to do her work for her. Colonel Jackoff was the narcissistic leader whose mask came off when he got promoted to a rank where he no longer had superiors of his own to keep his ego in check and he will have a famous "You can't handle the truth" rant when people don't to worship him like the almighty god of freedom blankets. Lieutenant Kendrick was the bully leader who was on a power trip and mentally never left high school. Lieutenant Colonel Markinson was the outdated leader who fell on his sword and that got him the nickname "Shish-kabob." Nobody told him that Bushido was no longer in practice.
0:33 Literally me every Monday morning, but I can't afford a decent gun and the one I have always misfires. FML
Should have bought American. 😋😹
looked like a Beretta 9mm to me. in court they said it was a 45 which I believe the 1911 45 cal would have be more consistent with an officer's uniform.
The thumbnail 😂
Don’t ask don’t tell.
Go see a doctor
What about it?
@@everydaychemistry6231 looks like he's in for a tasty meal
That screenshot. pause.
at 0:11 he's putting on the sam browne belt incorrectly. That's not the way the buckle is secured
Nice thumbnail tho
Ohhhhh! 😮
That's not even a schoolboy error. That's just fukkn ridiculous.
Markinson’s gone. There is no Markinson.
Nickled plated Beretta 92 .45 caliber pistol 😲😲
45?
i never knew barreta did a .45 modle lolz
@@torquetheprisoner I think the question should be why Beretta hasn't made a model 92 in .45ACP.
@@FN_FAL_4_everBecause .40 S&W was the better choice.
I like to think the last thing that went through his head..[other than that bullet]…was to wonder how the hell Andy Dufrane got the best of him
Dam
Why are people complaining about the thumbnail its the focus of the video lmao
They’re making puns. “Poor taste”.
@@4plus20isHappy I feel incredibly stupid now lol
@@everydaychemistry6231 Lol. It took me a while to figure it out too.
What a thumbnail
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The only thing that beats the Marine Corps uniform is the ones from Germany in the 40s
Designed by Hugo boss
Handling the truth or something
Somebody's going to take your sword just clipping it on like that. You aren't battle ready.
When the intent is to waste himself, I don't think he's giving a fuck at that point.
Love this movie 10/10
Reminds me of an executive with a large company visited his college student daughter in out city. He was also a Reserve Marine Colonel.
He took his daughter and her roommate out bar hopping and stayed at their place overnight. He raped the roommate and was promptly arrested, released on bail. He returned home and un a lived himself after putting on his blues. Tryin* to send a distorted message he was an honorable person.
I don't know? It seems someone in his position that rushed to the conclusion the only way to standup for himself was to off himself. Seems there were so many other routes Col Markinson could have taken yet the writers felt this was his only option. He was on his way to do the right thing and could have fought for what he believed in and who knows? In the end Markinson could have fought the good fight and maybe instead of offing himself he not only should have redeemed himself, but even become the new commander of Guantanamo Marine Base!
The writers just wanted to add another ploy for Cruise and his team to get past. You don't get where Col. Markinson got by giving up and being this weak. Markinson could have been this hidden hero in all this and he was on his way to making this right and even testify.
I love this movie, I just wish they approached this from a standard of what being a good and honorable Marine is really about!
What do you guys think?
I think if LTC Markinson stayed alive and testified, the movie would have ended after maybe twenty or thirty minutes. It would have made the plot too easy for Tom Cruise's character. Whatever route Markinson was given by the writers, he had to be unavailable to aid LT Coffee. I also got the impression that all the characters had to represent some kind of bad leader. By offing himself, LTC Markinson proved he was an outdated leader, still living in the days of Bushido or some other time when honor codes encouraged suicide as a form of honor.
on the night of September 6th, 1991 was the night after my 6th birthday…so…clearly…he was killed because I had to wait 6 more months to get a Sega Genesis with _Sonic the Hedgehog, Kid Chameleon_ & a family friend gave me _Altered Beast_
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What a coward. First he looks away, then he escapes into suicide.
The suicide is BECAUSE of the cowardice. It actually takes a lot of guts to commit suicide, so in the end, he did the honorable thing.
He tried to prevent what happened, he did all he could do, it was Jessep's order. And he was a US marine, so good luck calling one of them a "coward"
You gotta figure the guilt he felt that his "following orders" led to a young Marine's death, and having to cover it up because his superior who favored Kendrick over him told him to. He basically felt this was his atonement for Santiago.
@@imcallingjapan2178 And he took the cowards way out. He couldn't imagine standing up and telling the truth during the court martial on the record. He thought that it would ruin his career. His career was all that he had. None of what he claimed to believe in mattered. And two men who were under his command were likely going to go to prison.
He was the outdated leader. His concept of honor and loyalty seemed to come from Bushido. He apparently missed the memo about Bushido being obsolete.
Why they say after usmc after saying a name, sounds goofy af. Probably a psyop hearing it repeated over and over
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even the thumbnail
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This is not a good thumbnail for youtube. With all the problems today with veteran suicide being a crisis, this type of thumbnail for the video shouldn't be displayed.
The united states government should stop killing their soldiers via neglect. It is not the job of a movie clip to rectify what washington dc fails to do
….. We can handle a thumbnail of a gun in someone’s mouth without offing ourselves…
Not everyone is as soft as baby shit like you.
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This thumbnail is extremely poor taste what on earth dude
Why? It's literally what happens in the scene
The movie wasn’t a documentary.
Tastes about as good as that gun
@@jonathanmccartney5809 Lmaoo
Gun jokes can be very triggering.
Lowk a hard scene
Faced with the dilemma between choosing loyalty to his commanding officer and one of the traditions that made the USMC and other august bodies so hardened and capable (i.e. "collective punishment" like "code reds") *_OR_* justice at the hands of another branch's modernist bureaucratic inquisitors set on pursuing a moral crusade because it just seemed cruel, *Lt. Col Markinson did the honorable thing. In the end, unable to meet both demands of honor & justice and ashamed of his own cowardice, he fell on his sword.* 🫡
wrong. knowing he was still part of the inquisitive equation of the court martial, he had the option of helping the truth; the whole truth be known, and INSTEAD decided to remove himself from that. Now he has two more letters he needs to write to the parents of Downey and Dawson as to why he failed them as well.
His concept of loyalty was a little too outdated for his situation. Testifying the truth in court would have been part of the checks and balances that would have kept his commanding officer honest. All the characters seemed to represent different bad leaders and Markinson showed outdated leadership. He would have made more sense in the days of Bushido.
@@josefk7437
_"The concept of loyalty was outdated..."_ How so?
@@Mr.Ambrose_Dyer_Armitage_Esq. His concept of loyalty was to kill himself instead of testify honestly in the court if his testimony was unflattering to his commanding officer. Testifying honestly would have given the colonel and the two privates the due process that they were entitled to in court. His suicide was very much like destroying evidence. The idea of suicide so his superiors won't look bad was outdated long before the movie takes place.
@@Mr.Ambrose_Dyer_Armitage_Esq. His concept of loyalty was to commit suicide to get out of testifying against his immediate superior. That was pretty outdated. His loyalty to the to the constitution should have superseded his loyalty to his immediate superior in the event those two ever conflicted. Staying alive and honestly testifying what he knew would have given the two privates and Colonel Jackoff the due process they were entitled to. Lieutenant Colonel Markinson's suicide was the equivalent of destroying evidence and forcing everyone else to rely on hearsay.
Faced with the dilemma between choosing loyalty to his commanding officer and one of the traditions that made the USMC and other august bodies so hardened and capable (i.e. "collective punishment" like "code reds") *_OR_* justice at the hands of another branch's modernist bureaucratic inquisitors set on pursuing a moral crusade because it just seemed cruel, *Lt. Col Markinson did the honorable thing. In the end, unable to meet both demands of honor & justice and ashamed of his own cowardice, he fell on his sword.* 🫡
wrong. knowing he was still part of the inquisitive equation of the court martial, he had the option of helping the truth; the whole truth be known, and INSTEAD decided to remove himself from that. Now he has two more letters he needs to write to the parents of Downey and Dawson as to why he failed them as well.
Suicide is never honorable.
@@jasonkoch3182
Honor =/= morality, that's the primary falsehood you've babbled, but not the only one.
Falling on his sword would have gotten him the nickname "Shish-kabob." Did he know that Bushido was obsolete? It seemed that all the characters represented different types of bad leadership. Markinson's leadership was outdated and his concept of loyalty would have made more sense in the Samurai days. Colonel Jessup was a narcissistic bad leader. Lieutenant Kendrick was the bully on a power trip. Lieutenant Coffee would have been described as "Quiet Quitting" if the movie was made more recently.
@@josefk7437
Falling on one's sword is Roman tradition; why would Colonel Markinson be thinking about Bushido?