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Reza Rahmadi

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FHUI

A Few Good Men


On October 30th 2014, Ms. Lisa, our English lecturer make the class watched a movie
about lawyer titled A Few Good Men. I was very excited as the movie correlates with our
major and also stars award winning actors and actresses such as Tom Cruise, Demi Moore,
Jack Nicholson, Kiefer Sutherland and many more. I have a high hope on this movie, and
indeed, it didnt fail me.
In my opinion, A Few Good Men is an entertaining movie. The stars performance
were outstanding, combined with great plot and suspense, although I would prefer that the
real villain in the movie revealed near the ending of the film rather than on the opening so as
to let the audience guess (it is revealed in the initial part that Jack Nicholsons character is the
one who responsible for the crime). However, the most interesting part is that the movie
presents moral dilemma. Was Col. Jessup's order to train his men itself wrong? And which
one is worse, to torture a fellow marine who is suffering from harsh treatments, or to disobey
superior order and face grave consequences?
Throughout the movie, it is later revealed that Santiago was reported to have
symptoms of a serious coronary condition, although the doctor dismissed the idea. The
marines, however, never consider this, and continued their hard drill, forcing him to plead to
be transferred. Col. Jessup saw this as treacherous act to the unit, and gave a red code to
torture Santiago, which in turn causing his death. Now, officer may discipline his/her
subordinates, but non-lethally, which contrast Col. Jessups order, so we can say that it was a
wrongdoing, because it is a blatant violent of human rights. The same goes to the second
question. It is acknowledged by Cpl. Dawson, while he and Downey did the order, they
supposed to stand for their fellow marines who cannot stand for himself
Other than the two moral questions above, A Few Good Men carry important
messages for us, soon-to-be legal practitioners. First, that everyone is equal in Law, and
second, that no matter what our positions, lawyer, prosecutor, or judge, and whoever his/her
client, must remember to honor the truth

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