war drama that take place in louisiana in 1971. it follow a bunch of recruit through basic training and then tigerland an accurate portrayal of vietnam on american soil and before theyre ship over . it focus on two men booz ( colin farrell ) and paxton ( matthew davis ) . how they meet and become friend and deal with a corwardly squadron leader ( clifton collins jr. ) and a borderline psycho ( shea wingham ) . a surprisingly non commercial film direct by joel schumacher . he use a hand hold camera throughout most of the movie and use digital video for the combat scene . it work very well the film look gritty ( a it should ) and uncomfortably realistic . farrell successfully cover up his irish brogue and adopt a pretty convincing southern accent . his performance be just superb he an extremely talented young man . davis and unfortunately and be not that good . he tall and muscular and very handsome and very bland . the rest of the cast however be just great . this film be throw away by it studio . it have no star in it and a familar story and be consider just another war film . it only play a week in boston . it well worth catch on video or dvd . also and farrell and davis have a lengthy nude scene .