1990 Directed by Martin Sheen
As punishment for drunken, rebellious behavior, a young white soldier is thrown into a stockade populated entirely by black inmates. But instead of falling victim to racial hatred, the soldier joins forces with his fellow prisoners and rises up against the insanely tyrannical and bigoted prison warden.
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France
Deauville Film Festival
USA
Denver International Film Festival
USA
Sundance Film Festival
USAPG-13
Denmark11
UK
USAPG-13
Germany12
FranceU
Denmark
France
Germany
UK
USA
I watched Cadence countless times when it was in heavy rotation on HBO back in the day. With the benefit of understanding where Charlie Sheen would ultimately end up, it’s hard to see Martin Sheen’s film as anything but a father and son trying to work out an extremely complicated relationship, hampered by alcohol and drug abuse. In particular, Charlie’s character getting two 8 balls tattooed on his hands seems a bit too prescient and more than a little painful. Still, Cadence isn’t without its charms as it gives a young Lawrence Fishburne and the perennially under-appreciated Michael Beach roles showcasing their natural charisma. It’s hard for me to 100% recommend Cadence since my feelings are too tied to nostalgia but while your mileage may vary, I think watching it would be worth the time investment.
This gets a 5/5, but the movie gets a 3. The forced drama in the third act is pretty lame.
Watched on Amazon Video
After "Wall Street", this film was the second major encounter between father and son Sheen. Especially in times when Charlie Sheen tends to draw attention to himself with drug problems or marital crises, it is good to see a film like "Cadence" (German title "Ein fremder Klang"-a foreign sound), in which Sheen can prove that he is an extremely capable actor, especially when it comes to "problem characters" like this "Private Franklin Bean". The younger Sheen succeeds in bringing his character's inner and outer struggles to the screen so believably that the viewer feels very connected to his character. The almost rebel Sheen/Bean is juxtaposed with the "tough guy" Seargant Otis McKinney. Sheen senior shows where…
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The version I watched on FreeVee was kinda ugly looking, like it didn't transfer particularly well. But hey, with that said, it's fun to see Martin and Charlie Sheen acting opposite one another, especially when they're at odds like here in Cadence. The plot isn't anything too revolutionary as the rebellious outsider rages against the bully drill sergeant, but Sheen Sr. handles the double duty of being actor/director pretty well.
This movie is part of my Chain Reaction Challenge I.
Martin Sheen directed this movie, with his son Charlie Sheen in the leading role and himself as the villain. That is probably the most interesting part about this movie. However, it would probably have been better with a different actor playing the role of the sergent McKinney. The movie is tackling father-son themes and it honestly got a little muddle for me near the end and it doesn't feel like Charlie is giving all that he could.
The story that I really liked was the one where Bean befriended Webb and worked to fix the windmill. It just says a lot about Bean and how he is handling his situation,…
DANESHOLME VHS RENTAL 📼
AKA 'STOCKADE' in the UK
A good military drama film starring Father and son Martin Sheen znd Charlie Sheen.
A misfit drunken soldier Pvt. Franklin Fairchild Bean (Charlie Sheen) lands in a bully's MSgt. Otis V. McKinney
(Martin Sheen) stockade with five men united by their race and their walk and must stick together to defeat McKinney's reign of terror.
A good if not great film with Mr cool Laurence Fishburne as Roosevelt Stokes who joins forces with Franklin to stand up to Mckinney, it does go down the clichéd route as it goes on but a good cast makes it watchable.
Better than anticipated. Charlie and his dad workin together as enemies in a movie, good stuff. Greatstory, really gets you attached to the characters. If youre a fan of military movies this should go on your to watch list.
Saw this originally when I was very young but have oddly vivid memories of it.
Viewed on MBOX
Oh, Canada #11
Released: October 17, 1990
Locations: Ashcroft & Kamloops, British Columbia
Cadence (1990) is a co-production between Canada and USA, that stars Martin Sheen, 11 years after Apocalypse Now (1979), his son Charlie Sheen, 4 years after Platoon (1986) and Laurence Fishburne, also 11 years after Apocalypse Now (1979).
Here, Martin Sheen also directs his son Charlie and his other son Ramon Estevez, making Cadence (1990) a real family affair. I guess Emilio was too busy.
Charlie Sheen plays Bean, an Army soldier sent to the stockade after a drunken altercation with an MP, shortly after the death of his father.
Martin Sheen plays the erratic warden to this Army prison.
I found Cadence (1990) quite effective and a pleasant surprise.
Based on a novel I haven’t read by Gordon Weaver, Martin Sheen directs himself and sons Carlos and Ramon in a story about PFC Franklin Bean (Charlie), a young, undisciplined rebel who tries to get himself kicked out of the Army following the death of his father, but instead gets sentenced to 90 days in his German base’s stockade. There he runs up against the gruff brick wall that is Sgt. Otis McKinney (Martin), who takes it upon himself to whip the insolent little shit into ship-shape and make a soldier out of him. To teach him a lesson (and by vicarious extension, his own estranged son), he makes him stay in the barracks of the stockade’s black prisoners. A…
