Psychopathic DEA agent Norman Stansfield (Gary Oldman, in a titanically twisted, iconic, epoch-defining performance), after a riotously intense, musically-inspired murder-fest, calmly, though menacingly, imparts his tips for better living through Beethoven-ism to another soon-to-be victim.

Sharply dressed DEA agent Norman Stansfield, during a questioning on protocol, sanguinely explains his dearth of time for such things. He then demonstrates his nonpareil abilities in re: making a splashy exit.

Stansfield really gets down to some serious malevolent weirdness in this scene with would-be DEA agent-slayer Mathilda (Natalie Portman). After ingesting his mystery drug, and undergoing its incomprehensible initial effects, he queries the young lady in ways that would bamboozle,unnerve, and intimidate anyone in human history. His final question to Mathilda is hauntingly disquieting.

Basic * (2003, John Travolta, Connie Nielsen, Samuel L Jackson, Giovanni Ribisi, Brian Van Holt) – Classic Movie Review 2961

Director John McTiernan’s all-too-basic 2003 thriller stars John Travolta and Connie Nielsen as DEA drug agents who investigate deaths in the American army.

The deaths seem to involve a sadistic sergeant, played by Samuel L Jackson. Giovanni Ribisi and Brian Van Holt play the two survivors of an army training exercise that has apparently gone tragically wrong. Each of them tell a different…

Bolivia kicks out US Drug Enforcement Agency; drug crime rates immediately plummet

(NaturalNews) Most Americans have been conditioned to believe that the function of the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) is to reduce the manufacture, sale and trafficking of illegal drugs. However, one South American nation has thrown a huge wrench into that supposition. The government of Bolivia recently booted U.S. DEA agents out of the country, and according to a report cited by AntiMedia.com,…