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Major Payne (1995)

★ 6.5 · 886 ratings on TMDB

He's looking for a few good men... or a few guys old enough to shave.

Major Payne poster★ 6.5

Major Benson Winifred Payne is being discharged from the Marines. Payne is a killin' machine, but the wars of the world are no longer fought on the battlefield. A career Marine, he has no idea what to do as a civilian, so his commander finds him a job - commanding officer of a local school's JROTC program, a bunch of ragtag losers with no hope.

DirectorNick Castle
CastAlbert Hall, Andrew Leeds, Chris Owen, Damon Wayans, Joseph Blaire, Karyn Parsons
GenresAdventure, Comedy, Family
The emergence reading

Major Payne keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same rung, same subject

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Same subject, different rung

The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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