You Can't Handle the Truth! A Few Good Men With Subtitles

1. A Few Good Men
In this courtroom drama, two Marines are accused of murdering a fellow Marine of their unit, PFC William Santiago Michael DeLorenzo, at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba, which is under the command of Col. Nathan R. Jessep (Jack Nicholson). It is suspected that Jessep ordered the two Marines to carry out a “code red” on Santiage – a euphemism for a violent extrajudicial punishment. Lawyer Daniel “Danny” Kaffee (Tom Cruise) directly accuses Jessep of this in the courtroom and, heavily under pressure and tangled in his own lies, Jessep makes a furious declaration.
Jessep: You want answers?
Kaffee: I think I'm entitled.
Jessep: You want answers?
Kaffee: I want the truth!
Jessep: You can't handle the truth! Son, we live in a world that has walls. And those walls have to be guarded by men with guns. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Lt. Weinberg? I have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom. You weep for Santiago and you curse the Marines. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know: that Santiago's death, while tragic, probably saved lives. And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves lives...You don't want the truth. Because deep down, in places you don't talk about at parties, you want me on that wall. You need me on that wall.We use words like honor, code, loyalty...we use these words as the backbone to a life spent defending something. You use 'em as a punchline. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom I provide, then questions the manner in which I provide it! I'd rather you just said thank you and went on your way. Otherwise, I suggest you pick up a weapon and stand a post. Either way, I don't give a damn what you think you're entitled to!
Kaffee: Did you order the code red?
Jessep: (quietly) I did the job you sent me to do.
Kaffee: Did you order the code red?
Jessep: You're goddamn right I did!!
“You can’t handle the truth!” is one of the most famous lines in cinema, and Col. Jessep’s speech is certainly a beautiful defense of the military. Yet we are more than happy to see him hauled away in the end: “You’re under arrest, you son of a bitch.” His speech is so powerful and impassioned that we are left flustered, unsure whether or not to agree with him. The addition of Nicholson’s terrific performance makes this final scene a real “tour de force of cinema” (Film4.) This speech will always carry weight with its audience because “doing what is right for the Nation” always comes with controversies. Whilst researching in some forums, I found that many agreed with what Jessep said, and the vote on whether or not A Few Good Men was a pro- or anti-military movie was split right down the middle. This speech is great because it’s a few minutes of cinema that grabs us by the throat and makes us question our beliefs and principles.

[TheMilitiaGuy]

Thank you for this clip and editing it where you did. Will help with my talk radio show.

[bobbofly]

Now the enemy has found its way inside.

[ecoleman]

Meanwhile, along the southern border of the United States . . . 😳

[roidroid]

It's a powerful scene because the audience can't deny that Jessep's logic is internally consistent & does indeed work to accomplish his "job" (to defend the wall). The problem is that we as-a-society didn't know this was what was necessary for him to do his job; We just ignorantly delegated it to him, closed the door and let him do what was necessary, without realising what we were giving our approval for.

If this is what it takes to defend walls and *if we're not ok with that, * then the real question is: Do we really need these walls?

Really it was movie about the troublesome ignorance of the gritty reality involved behind the scenes to maintain the policies of the society we live in. If only we knew - then maybe we'd not demand these policies, and we'd consider options to dismantle the walls we've been happily maintaining in our blissful ignorance of the lives it has been costing.

_People tend to prefer eating less meat, if they have to slaughter the animals themselves._

[Neumatikos]

Hell ya

Jack Nicholson was the good guy

[Mastah]

When Germans want to get back to business as usuall...

[andrewridosko]

i can hamdle the truth. you cant handle the fact that you cant actually prove a bulk of the rumors and are only stuck with mind games and insinuations. #buttercutter

[Chigiwigi]

Imagine Trump sitting there and getting charged for the Riot on Capitol!
"You want me on that wall, you need me on that wall!"

[mikefromuniontown]

30 years ago Rob Reiner making a movie to FURTHER DEGRADE the world. Some knew it most didn't at the time. See Nicholson's speech may seem grotesque to millennials and younger and the "grown up" hippies but some nations UNDERSTAND that as tragic as Santiago's death was it was accidental but it served it bigger purpose.
THE OLD PEOPLE KICKED THE EARLY GEN X'ERS in the ass and was just how things were done to get things done. and you did have a debate club on the pro and cons like now. and I can assure you this new style won't last very long. THE UNITED STATES already is is in severe decline and so much so they don't even see it.
NO most of you CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!

[andrewridosko]

ya i can, this shit is crazy even though there is a ton of bs. nutty