Product Details

• Actors: Damon Wayans, Michael Ironside, Scott 'Bam Bam' Bigelow, Joseph Blaire, Orlando Brown
• Directors: Nick Castle
• Writers: Damon Wayans, Bob Mosher, Dean Lorey, Gary Rosen, Joe Connelly
• Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
• Subtitles: English, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Universal Pictures
• DVD Release Date: May 3, 2009
• Run Time: 95 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (76 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 0783230494
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,439 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Major Payne" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

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Let's face facts here: You don't watch a movie like Major Payne for its artistic merit any more than you'd watch Schindler's List for its comedy. If you go in thinking otherwise, you're bucking for a disappointment. So it's a pleasant surprise to discover that Major Payne is more entertaining than a barrel full of bad reviews would lead you to believe. It's a totally formulaic comedy about a bunch of misfit kids who turn into a crack squad of skillfully disciplined ROTC cadets, but Damon Wayans is spot-on hilarious in the title role as the hardened military bulldog who whips the little slackers into shape. Wayans plays the role as if killing and warfare were the only joys in life, and when he finds himself cast adrift without a military commission, a scene that directly parodies Apocalypse Now lets you know that Wayans (who cowrote the script) is going to bring something new to this routine scenario. Major Payne's idea of a good bedtime story is to recall his worst battlefield horrors, and Wayans gives it just the right twist of comedy to put Payne's bullet-pierced heart in the right place--he's really just a good guy with an iron-clad exterior. The young recruits strut their stuff in the final round of their cadet competition (their marching rap is good for a solid laugh), and director Nick Castle keeps it all from becoming too stupid or over the top. It's arguably only for Wayans's most ardent fans, but as a send-up of all the great movie drill instructors, Major Payne is painlessly enjoyable. --Jeff Shannon

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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A laugh-riot!, June 11, 2003

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Kurt A. Johnson (North-Central Illinois, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Major Payne [VHS] (VHS Tape)

When Major Benson Payne (played by Damon Wayans), a one-man-army in a Marine uniform, is discharged, he needs to find a new life. Given command of the Madison Academy Junior ROTC, he sets out to whip the gang of misfit youths into shape. Used to the toughest discipline and the hardest life, Payne is the children's worst nightmare, and there is nothing they won't do to get rid of him. Along the way, though, Payne and his command all learn a few lessons.

This movie is a laugh-riot! Wayans' Payne is hilarious, being just the right mixture of homicidal maniac and tender father figure, while the ROTC cadets make a perfect foil for the Major. My family have never laughed so hard at a movie as we did at this one, with my son being quite pleased with how the Major deals with a "monster" in a young lad's closet - "If he's still in there, he's not happy!"

This is a great movie, the one caveat being that there are quite a few colorful words tossed around by the Major and the cadets. That said, though, this was a hilarious movie that you and your family will like watching again and again!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Laugh tell you cry, October 15, 2006

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M. D. Cummings "Marv" (Kanosh, Utah United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Major Payne (DVD)

I know this is an older movie but it's like owning Christmas Vacation and Earnest Goes to Jail, they are classics and Major Payne is well on to being right up there with the funniest movies I own. The story is great about how a hardcore soldier uses his expertise into whipping a bunch of misfits into shape or is it the other way around?

You'll love it at any age, trust me.

Marv

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars if you where ever in JROTC you've seen this a million times, January 11, 2004

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M. A. Miller (Rome, GA) - See all my reviews
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but this movie is awesomely funny. Major Payne is hilariouse and it teaches us valuable leasons about family and other great leasons like how to take your mind off of pain, the little engine that could, how to get someone out of your closet, and also how to get someone to not hit their wife this movie is great and you need to own it