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For Queen and Country is a 1988 crime drama film co-written and directed by Martin Stellman and starring Denzel Washington in Panavision.Washington stars as Reuben James, a Black British former paratrooper, who joined the British Army to escape the poverty of inner city London; Reuben fights in the Falklands War, and upon returning home he finds that society ignores and challenges him while ...
May 19, 1989 · For Queen & Country: Directed by Martin Stellman. With Denzel Washington, Dorian Healy, Sean Chapman, Graham McTavish. A retired British soldier struggles to adjust to everyday life, with increasing difficulty.
- (2.6K)
- Action, Crime, Drama
- Martin Stellman
- 1989-05-19
Reuben James (Denzel Washington), having been discharged from the British military, returns to London after a tour of duty in Northern Ireland and the Falkla...
- 53 min
- 193.7K
- Rubin Carter
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For Queen and Country. When Reuben James (Denzel Washington), a decorated paratrooper, is discharged from the British military, he returns to his old neighborhood in London's inner city. Despite ...
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- Martin Stellman
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- Denzel Washington
The action strikes at the heart of his pride. "For Queen and Country" follows this man for a few weeks after his return to civilian life and to a bleak high-rise government tenement that is ripe with crime, drugs and disillusionment. Reuben moves into an apartment with his books and clothes and military decorations and starts looking for work ...
Jun 1, 2004 · Denzel Washington adopts a British accent for the grim if compelling, 1989 social drama, For Queen and Country. Akin in mood and story to several American films (notably Rolling Thunder ) about Vietnam veterans who return home to face indifference or hostility, For Queen and Country stars Washington as paratrooper Reuben James, a decorated ...
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A soldier in Britain's elite Paratroop Regiment leaves the army, during which he served in Northern Ireland & fought in the 1982 Falklands war. Upon his return to civilian life, he finds himself back where he started out. Although he begins with good intentions, he slowly but surely falls back into a life of petty crime with devastating ...
