Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

AshUnow This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Aneesa Wardle The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Frances Chung Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

Rodrigo Amaro Such a shame that good talents were thrown to the winds on a unnecessary effort of trying to make something good out of almost nothing. Story is heavily clichéd, filled with repetitions and there isn't much of a path to walk on with. "Cadence" tells the story of a soldier (Charlie Sheen) who recently lost his father (Matt Clark) and not knowing how to cope with this news is arrested after some disturbance on a bar. Sent to a military prison where he's the only white man around among the prisoners, this tough guy will have to deal with an even tougher guy than he, a tyrannic Sergeant (Martin Sheen, who also directed this movie) who runs the place with strong hands. So, trouble is set when those two forces collide after some disagreements on how things work in the place and because of the bad temper between both, and a tragedy will define who they are and the course of things will never be the same.Most of the story is just showing a bunch of guys fighting against each other for meaningless things or over a gold lighter; or the sergeant punishing the soldier for not addressing him as 'sir' (this is quite funny, actually). Where's the goal? Where's the speech, the message in the work? It goes out of one place but stays there without a reason, and all that is plain boring, very drub. Yes, the prisoners exchange ideas with each other, they help things out among themselves and work hard in prison, trying to rehabilitate themselves while the place's chief always seems to disturb their peace, but the film never succeeds in making us interested in all of that, there's nothing magnificent in seeing recurring situations that leads to nowhere.Not much of an impressive directorial debut for Mr. Sheen (but the tragic scene filmed in slow-motion was quite good despite some melodrama involved), who takes an unimpressive performance from his son and some really average acting from supporting members like Laurence Fishburne, Michael Beach, F. Murray Abraham, James Marshall and others. Performances that go way below the surface, it's almost pitiful. Best thing of this is Martin's character, giving some motion to the picture, some funny moments.I don't see a way of how this could have been better. Very disappointing. 3/10

petra_soporean ...although i've seen a lot of movies, many of them that are not so famous and didn't get any awards and they weren't even nominated and many of them impressed me very much...some of them with shocking themes and impressive emotions and ideas to send to the audience and they are really worth to be seen!!! cadence is not a highly rated movie, is not an Oscar movie and it's not a shocking movie..it's not everything i have been expecting,;it's not one of the best and it's not something people mention about on forums (like save private Ryan for example) but for me is that kind of movie!!! it's so special...something that one could not describe..it's beyond really because what happens there is not to be seen...you just have to feel!! that's why this movie impressed me...it;'s about inner feelings and about making friends...although nothing spectacular happens..it's not an action or comedy movie..it's something that could happen to all of us...it's about moral values that stand before any other society values that are imposed by others!to have the power to stand up for yourself to make your own choices and your one friends!!!things that now are not important to you and people who don't mean a thing to you one day could mean everything...they could be your world and just when u don't realize u'll know you are as human as all the other nationalities(black)... so , in my opinion, this movie is about feelings, the things u stand for and and making friends among others u feel rejected and finding your place in many people's heart!! it's hard to do that..but it's even hard to keep it!

Joseph P. Ulibas Cadence (1990) marks the cinematic directorial debut of Martin Sheen. Not only does he direct the film but he also stars along with his son Charlie. The movie CADENCE is about a group of convict soldiers that must live with the fact that they're no longer soldiers but prisoners of Uncle Sam. When a G.I. is in the brig they lose a lot of what little freedom they have as enlisted men. Charlie Sheen stars as a G.I. who's thrown in the brig for drunk and disorderly conduct unfitting of a man in uniform. He's thrown in a prison unit that happens to be all black (message). They're over seen by a mean an bigoted N.C.O. who has his own problems. He likes to take them out on the poor soldier who reminds him of his own rebellious son. Can Charlie do his sentence without being eaten alive by his fellow prisoners or will he fall under the spell of his shady N.C.O.?A good film that's a nice time waster. It's pretty heavy handed at times and the movie is filled with numerous pop culture errors. Ignore the goofs and the sappiness of the movie and you'll find an enjoyable watch.Recommended.

sweetdog this movie was average at best, the plot was relatively predictable, the acting was good, and i had prepared myself to never watch this movie again, until i saw, or heard rather, the last 5 minutes of this movie. harry 'sweetbread' crane, played by actor/singer harry stewart has perhaps the greatest voice i've ever heard. the song he sings which he also wrote, "End of my Journey", was simply breathtaking. It was his voice alone that brought my overall rating of this movie up from a 5 out of 10 to an 8 out of 10, he is that good. Unfortunately there was no soundtrack for this movie, though after searching for about 5 or 6 months, i was finally able to locate an mp3 of "End of my Journey". this movie is worth watching if only to hear stewarts voice soar...