C2250 CADENCE (USA, 1990) (Other titles: Fremder Klang)

Credits: director, Martin Sheen ; writers, Dennis Shryack, Martin Sheen ; story, Gordon Weaver Cast: Charlie Sheen, Martin Sheen, F. Murray Abraham, Larry Fishburne, Blu Mankuma Summary: Military melodrama set in Germany in 1965. After getting drunk and hitting an M.P., rebellious Army private Franklin Bean (Charlie Sheen) is sentenced to 90 days in the stockade. There he faces isolation and anxiety, locked up with a squad of black prisoners, and confronted by the stockade's Master Sergeant McKinney (Martin Sheen). He gradually earns the respect of his fellow prisoners. He is taught the squad’s ‘dap.’ After McKinney accidentally shoots one of the black prisoners, Bean testifies at his court martial, but his ambiguous testimony clears McKinney and alienates the black prisoners. McKinney goes insane. When Bean's time is up, he is ordered to Vietnam. As he is about to depart, the leader of the black squad relents and tells Bean, “Don’t sweat the ‘Nam man. Just get with the brothers and they’ll look after your ass.” The rest of the squad daps with Bean as he leaves.

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