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Major Payne is a 1995 American action comedy film directed by Nick Castle and produced by Damon Wayans. The cast includes Wayans, Karyn Parsons, William Hickey, and Michael Ironside. The movie was produced by Universal Pictures and Wife 'n' Kids, with distribution handled by Universal Pictures and Netflix. It was released on March 24, 1995, and is available via video on demand through providers such as Amazon Prime Video.
The narrative is set in Virginia and follows a war veteran at a military base headquarters. The film has a runtime of 95 minutes and features music by composer Craig Safan. It was originally produced in the English language. The story involves military service and is described with keywords including military spoof.
Critical reception includes a review score of 4.8 out of 10, 34 out of 100, and 29 percent. Audience metrics show a vote average of 6.466 on TMDb and a rating of 6.3 on IMDb. The film generated revenue of 30,112,050. It has been assessed for the Bechdel test.
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6.5Major 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.
Cast
- Damon Wayans as Maj. Benson Payne
- Karyn Parsons as Emily Walburn
- William Hickey as Dr. Phillips
- Michael Ironside as Lt. Col. Stone
- Albert Hall as Gen. Decker
- Steven Martini as Cadet Alex Stone
Themes
- war veteran
- headquarter
- military spoof
- military base
- military service
- base
- major
- instructor
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- action comedy film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Nick Castle
- Composer
- Craig Safan
- Producer
- Damon Wayans
- Production company
- Universal Pictures
- Narrative location
- Virginia
- Duration
- 93
- FilmAffinity ID
- 525763
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1995-01-01
- title
- Major Payne
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 29%
- assessment
- Bechdel test
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