Which of Jake Gyllenhaal’s War Movies Is the Best?
Jake Gyllenhaal has starred in three extremely different kinds of war movies in his career to date. The first war movie Gyllenhaal starred in was Jarhead in 2005, directed by Sam Mendes from a memoir of the same name by former U.S. Marine Anthony Swofford. The story takes place in the first Gulf War and explores the psychological ramifications of U.S. Marines combating boredom, downtime, isolation, and alienation as they bond together and await battle.