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by nonrepeating 1122 days ago
For a mainstream Hollywood film, "A Few Good Men" is quite nuanced. Colonel Jessup's actions are plainly illegal, and in the end he is arrested for them, but his point still has merit: society must be protected, and perhaps necessarily, it is protected by people who must do things that society would disapprove of. The actual courtroom proceedings of the movie are less interesting than the philosophical debate, and ultimately one can admire both viewpoints.