I endured this film the other night. The experience was pointless, truly one of those films that I should have missed. To give it too much air-time here would be a disservice to the reader, so I will be brief.
A squad of weekend-warriors heads out into the bayou to conduct their routine drill. When they realize they are off-track, they swipe a few canoes from the local Cajuns. As the soldiers depart down the swamp away from shore the Cajuns return and one of the "idiots" in green open fires his automatic rifle at them as a joke. The Cajuns mistake the "blanks" for real bullets and one fires back in return killing the Squad leader. The National Guardsmen attempt to make their way back to civilization while hunted by their Cajun adversaries.
Clearly a rip-off of Deliverance, Southern Comfort is just plain ridiculous on every level. The script is pathetic and the characters are asinine and unbelievable. I found myself not caring who lived or died, but only when the film would end.
A squad of weekend-warriors heads out into the bayou to conduct their routine drill. When they realize they are off-track, they swipe a few canoes from the local Cajuns. As the soldiers depart down the swamp away from shore the Cajuns return and one of the "idiots" in green open fires his automatic rifle at them as a joke. The Cajuns mistake the "blanks" for real bullets and one fires back in return killing the Squad leader. The National Guardsmen attempt to make their way back to civilization while hunted by their Cajun adversaries.
Clearly a rip-off of Deliverance, Southern Comfort is just plain ridiculous on every level. The script is pathetic and the characters are asinine and unbelievable. I found myself not caring who lived or died, but only when the film would end.