2008 · drama · thriller · parody
Boot Camp
Directed by Christian Duguay1h 39m2008
A group of troubled teens are sent to a rehabilitation program housed in a remote camp on the island of Fiji. What their parents believe is a state-of-the-art deluxe institution in a beautiful natural environment turns out to be a prison-like boot camp where they are abused and brainwashed.
Our read: Boot Camp (2008) reads as a heavy, kinetic, grounded drama · thriller · parody entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, measured drama / thriller, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- intense
- cold
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