Courage Under Fire

“A medal for honor. A search for justice. A battle for truth.”

6.5(1,023)19961h 56m

DramaThrillerMysteryWar

A US Army officer, who made a "friendly fire" mistake that was covered up, has been reassigned to a desk job. He is tasked to investigate a female chopper commander's worthiness to be awarded the Medal of Honor. At first all seems in order. But then he begins to notice inconsistencies between the testimonies of the witnesses...

Director

Edward Zwick

Budget

$46.0M

Revenue

$100.9M

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Cast

Denzel Washington

Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel Serling

Meg Ryan

Captain Karen Emma Walden

Lou Diamond Phillips

Staff Sergeant John Monfriez

Michael Moriarty

Brigadier General Hershberg

Matt Damon

Ilario

Bronson Pinchot

Bruno

Seth Gilliam

Stephen Altameyer

Regina Taylor

Meredith Serling

Željko Ivanek

Banacek

Scott Glenn

Gartner

Tim Guinee

Rady

Tim Ransom

Boylar

Reviews

1 review

Geronimo1967

2y ago

6.0

What makes this film stand out (a little) is the intimate style of photography. The POV camerawork gives us a proximity to the story and characters that we rarely see. Sadly, though, the story itself is a little bit thin. Denzel Washington is tasked with investigating the worthiness of a deceased helicopter pilot during the Gulf war to receive the medal of honor. Assuming it would be a routine rat...