Franklin Bean (Charlie Sheen), an Army private, is sentenced to 90 days in the stockade for drunkenly assaulting a military policeman on his base in West Germany in the 1960s. Master Sergeant McKinney (Martin Sheen) is the stockade commander who takes a dislike to the rebellious Bean.
On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 42% based on reviews from 12 critics.[5] On Metacritic it has a score of 44% based on reviews from 16 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[6]