Superb film.

The film is set around a US Army Base in Stuttgart, Germany in the dying days of the Cold War.

Battalion clerk Ray Elwood (Joaquin Phoenix), in the army to avoid a jail sentence, has managed to work out a nice little sideline in black market goods and supplying heroin to the base dealer.

This cushy little number is interrupted by the arrival of Top Sergeant Lee and his daughter Robyn.

Elwood tries to take on Lee, using Robyn as a way of getting at him although it quickly appears he's out of his depth.

The early light-hearted tone of the film quickly darkens and an arms and drugs deal brings things to a head with an explosive climax.

There's a brilliant scene involving narcotics, a tank,a German market, a beetle and a petrol station early on in the film.

There are some very poignant moments in this film with Commander Berman (Ed Harris) realising no amount of ambition will cover for his inadequacies.

Excellent soundtrack which captures the mood of the film and period in history brilliantly.

Interestingly in Germany the film is called "Army Go Home".