A Few Good Men: Kaffee melts down HD CLIP

What’s happening in this movie clip?
At his wit's end, Lt. Kaffee (Tom Cruise from Top Gun and Mission Impossible) explodes when Lt. Cdr. Galloway (Demi Moore from Ghost and Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle) makes a suggestion to call Col. Jessep to the stand.
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What’s the movie about?
Tom Cruise (from Top Gun and Mission Impossible), Jack Nicholson (from The Shining and Batman), and Demi Moore (from Ghost and Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle) star in Rob Reiner's unanimously acclaimed drama about the dangerous difference between following orders and following one's conscience. Cruise stars as a brash Navy lawyer who's teamed with a gung-ho litigator (Moore) in a politically explosive murder case. Charged with defending two Marines accused of killing a fellow soldier, they are confronted with complex issues of loyalty and honor, including its most sacred code and its most formidable warrior (Nicholson). Superbly directed with a trio of powerhouse performances and an outstanding supporting cast including Kevin Pollak (from The Usual suspects), Kiefer Sutherland (from 24 and Designated Survivor), and Kevin Bacon (from Footloose and Apollo 13).
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[@timjeffries6362]

When Cruise goes all in, he REALLY goes all in.

[@jesusthroughmary]

Really underrated

[@lindafurman6288]

When you think, “Wow! Great acting,” you also have to know that great directing is what got them there. The pacing of the scenes, peaks and valleys, blocking and camera shots - Rob Reiner did that. Brilliant!

[@joshuagarner4677]

I concur with you on that 👌🏾

[@timbuckthe2nd642]

Aaron Sorkin the writer*

[@AmericanBoy-si9zg]

Cruise's performance in this scene was top notch.

[@bkmixups1796]

Really? Looked pretty shit to me.

[@andrewden1699]

@@bkmixups1796 I’d like to see you do better

[@stevem2323]

@@bkmixups1796 Yeah, don't bother with rating people's acting, you suck.

[@dee9ak]

@@bkmixups1796 that is because 'You can't handle the truth'...😁

[@damienholland8103]

I don't like him as a person / scientologist but as an actor he's very talented. Always convincing in his role.

[@akorn9943]

“Colonel Jessep, isn’t it true that you ordered the Code Red on Private Santiago?!” a few days later “oh god i can’t believe that worked.”

[@martindebrois1472]

The key was he got under his skin, with the MERE SUBJECT of hey maybe sometimes people question your orders ... Without that, probably wouldn't have happened.

[@rtg1960]

Brilliant!

[@spiritualzorro]

You are forgetting the 'mechanic crew' who were about to testify: Shit man, I was pissing myself watching that old dude screaming.. why do you take us there again?

[@asda-uo9yu]

@@martindebrois1472 The key was the writing and the acting was technically good enough to convince viewers that something like that could happen in Court. In reality, the colonel would just smirk and deny everything while Kaffee gets his career ended right there and then.

[@martindebrois1472]

@@asda-uo9yu Some people (like you) think all military are so straight up, stone - steel ~ There's no way somebody could "get under their skin", like that ... In REALITY that isn't true. The movie is quite realistic.

[@NateTheNoble]

You have to admire how patient Kaffee was with Galloway to begin with. Several times she’s screwed up and embarrassed him.And on top of that SHES asking HIM to risk HIS career. And it’s funny because he’s the one portrayed as the jerk lol

[@aly-zy4th]

@grand nagus Not a chance hon, but keep dreaming.

[@PayMeNoMind]

I don’t think Kaffee was too concerned about embarrassment because some of the missteps fell solely on Galloway. He was pissed off because he liked to keep matters tidy, and his main goal was to always leave himself a clean exit. Her mistake here took him further in on a case he never believed in from GO. BUT, he got away from his percentages thinking, believing this crucial detail could actually help him pull this off - and get back to softball. After this meltdown he’s forced to dig deep to do something about this ordeal that’s just a house of cards.

[@normanndaba8823]

@@PayMeNoMind…..thanks to Galloway!

[@SpaceMarine113]

@aly dafuck?

[@Analysta654]

Agreed. And then in an ironic turn the day they have Jessup on the stand she says' "don't do it, don't press Jessup as you'll get into a lot of trouble. I always thought he should have said to her, so now you tell me this, a night or two ago you were calling me chicken shit for not wanting to do it!?

[@treyliles117]

As much as I love the "You can't handle the truth!" scene, this has to be my favorite out of the entire movie.

[@mtownthug]

Got to admire how she's willing to risk his legal career after she single-handedly torpedoed their case.

[@silversurfer512]

Anyway after this argument, he accepted that he was wrong and she pointed out right. Unfortunately in real life, when people get pushed that much, they wouldn't accept that he(or she)was wrong. They only would get angry.

[@sean2015]

@@PPLL463 what "push" are you referring to? The acting was great in this movie (especially Cruise and Nicholson) but the story was poorly written, and Demi Moore's character was stupid, shallow and obnoxious. The defense had no case. Once they lost their key witness (Markinson) it was over. And yet Demi Moore's character (Galloway) has the nerve to sit on the sidelines and berate and mock Kaffee as a "chicken sh*t" for not wanting to throw away his career and risk a near-certain court marshal for smearing a high-ranking officer (Col. Jessup), after she botched what little chance they had. Their entire case at that point hinged on whether a high-ranking officer (much less any defendant) would be dumb enough to incriminate himself on the stand. I also find absurd the notion that Markinson would've taken his own life when he was possibly the only one who could've brought justice for Santiago's death, had he been willing to testify.

[@sean2015]

@@PPLL463 yeah you mean pushing him off the edge of a cliff (career wise)

[@neelanshguptaa310]

@@PPLL463 you’ve been watching too much fiction if you think this is what reality is like. The person who originally made this comment was obviously pointing out how bullshit this scene is as reality, even if it’s entertaining as fiction. In real life, no lawyer would base their entire case off getting under a high ranking witness’s skin to provoke an egotistical confession, and to suggest someone to do that is even more horrible considering what you’re really doing is expecting them to throw themselves under the bus while you have nothing to lose. She wasn’t being motivating and this certainly isn’t a thing to take away from a movie to practice in real life. You might very well say it turned out fine for him in the end, but that’s because this is just a movie.

[@sean2015]

@@PPLL463 there’s no need to make douchebag comments like that just because someone expresses a point of view contrary to yours

[@Ironheart73]

After watching this several times, I understood now why Kaffee was pissed off at Galloway. She failed to validate an important detail of the case which got their asses kicked in court and more importantly almost made them lose the case. Which was ironic considering that in the beginning Galloway, was the one who was berating Kaffee all the time for being such a lazy lawyer. She was the one who initially investigated the case of Dawson and Downey, and yet failed to validate if Downey did indeed see Kendrich give the order to Dawson to execute a code red. She even recklessly irritated Jessup during their trip to Cuba. So yes, Kaffee was right that she did let her passion got the better of it. Had she been thinking more objectively, she would have not missed this, and they would have had a better defense strategy.

[@royaneekhalil6488]

She didn't irritate Jessup useless per se. More like the writers wrote a woman into the script then became confused how to make her behave because obviously women don't have common sense or subtlety. That is a huge problem with many movies. They forget that women are human who just happen to not be men... Instead of treating women simply as characters with a particular gender, they seem to create a particular gender and try to force that into being the character. SMH

[@teedee5978]

Talk about galacticly stupid...

[@sean2015]

@@royaneekhalil6488 Demi Moore’s character is portrayed as dim-witted, ignorant, clumsy, nagging and even cowardly. The film’s writers should’ve cast Moore as the prosecutor instead of Kevin Bacon, and perhaps added a back story of her and Cruise being former lovers who are now going toe to toe in court to decide the fate of two young Marines accused of murder. With Moore being the lone female cast member the writers should’ve known there was going to be a lot of focus on her and they should’ve made her character more likeable, instead they made her stupid and obnoxious.

[@SoloRenegade]

@@sean2015 Imagine the entire cast being almost entirely male, in a time when the military was almost entirely male.......

[@YY-wu7et]

@@sean2015 They didn’t have to any of that, they could’ve just made her not stupid.

[@murrayp4]

I like the way in Hollywood movies people can just 'sober up' after drinking a 3/4 bottle of Jack

[@RaoulThomas007]

That was good coffee (not Kaffee)!

[@mdd1963]

a couple cups of coffee makes it all better!

[@eligebrown8998]

It's easy to do when it's thst 3% alcoholic liquor from Utah

[@eligebrown8998]

@@RaoulThomas007 🤣🤣🤣 nice

[@MKD1101]

Jack Nicholson is deadly even in small quantities!

[@CARLIN4737]

Tom Cruise man. Absolute masterclass in every scene.

[@bojinglebells]

Sam the unsung hero; accepting the drink offer to prevent Kaffee from continuing to down the bottle on his own.

[@matthewriley7826]

That and he called out code reds for what they were, bullying. Sure they might help with discipline, improve training for some, but it’s still the strong going after the weak. Something Dawson acknowledges at the end.

[@basilmarasco1975]

And because someone down and out needs a drinking partner; he can't drink alone.

[@basilmarasco1975]

@@matthewriley7826 But it wasn't until he realized that the Corps was selling him out (and until he watched Kaffee heroically pull his chestnuts out of the fire) that Dawson was rational enough to realize that. Poor Willie.

[@jrewing1512]

The closeup of Tom Cruise's rage quit was the best part.

[@Brad-cs9jy]

This is one of my absolute favorite movies of all time! It’s freakin perfect.

[@tbone9474]

absolutely. flawless from beginning to end. the play was obviously well written :)

[@nobodyyouknow4379]

Galloway: "Dammit, Kaffee, do your job and fix the problems I keep making!"

[@KS-xk2so]

Say what you will about this scene, but the Rocco Columbo School for Women was probably stoked to get a free shout out!

[@76JStucki]

And to have professor Cruise on their faculty would probably be a big draw!

[@anthonyandal8779]

I remember Sam telling him after this scene that he knew his father and how great a trial lawyer he was. But if he were to choose between him and his father, he would pick pick him anyday of the week and twice on Sundays. I think that motivated him to still give it a try.

[@nobodyyouknow4379]

Yeah. No thanks to Galloway.

[@frankmachin5438]

Unrealistic. His first trial and Weinberg would prefer him to one of the greatest trial lawyers ever? Preposterous. I was a trial attorney, and it doesn’t matter how good you are, you only get better with experience. No trial lawyer would be better in his first trial than someone who was considered a legend and probably appeared in hundreds of trials.

[@oceanberserker]

@@frankmachin5438 Not necessarily about realism. More about motivation, and Sam provides that in spades for Kaffee.

[@aniruddhakaslikar2987]

This has to be one of Best acting scene of Tom cruise’s illustrious career

[@lagaddict9878]

He's great ofc. Try watch tropic thunder

[@axelfoley133]

2:47 and right here is Tom Cruise's perfect impression of Jim Carrey. ;-)

[@texasrockshillcountry6574]

LMAO

[@bengaliperson5127]

When I'm pissed, I can't even string two words together...

[@TheRealBirdmann]

If you are enough you would

[@LennyHumes]

It's probably cuz you're bengali 😂😂😂😂

[@dragonstormdipro1013]

Dada thik parben

[@Mina-gk8jm]

Well he's a lawyer, he'd be a natural at stringing words together

[@billbixby557]

This is one of those scenes, it just feels so well put together. Three lawyers sitting in a room; no guns, no sex, no 'the world is going to end if we can't kill the badguy' , yet the tension is through the roof. If fact, after the movie ended upon first viewing i remember thinking, "wow, this is the first movie I've seen where there wasn't a single kiss or sex scene."

[@m.d.5463]

Isn´t that the ONLY movie where you can´t see Tom Cruise run!?

[@colinmontgomery1956]

He briefly runs right after this scene.

[@christopherbronson3275]

He runs his mouth! Lol. Does that count?

[@NazriB]

Lies again? Coffee Kansas

[@SalemGhassanHanna]

"That guy did NOT skip leg day" - Honest Trailers

[@eriktaylor1225]

I don’t recall him running in either of the Top Guns.

[@tomace4898]

"He did?! That's great! Why didn't you say so!?"

[@conker206]

Tom Cruise really channeled some rage at 3:17. You have to wonder how he prepped for that part because I'm would be convinced he's not acting there. Granted he's acting, but it just feels more than that, which makes this part amazing. If you just look into his eyes and his face when he says "galactically stupid", he seems genuine.

[@ryancannon5921]

Mightve clipped his forehead off that coffee table on the way in during the scene.

[@tuttleberry]

I agree - but I think finding the motivation was easy. Moore's character asked him to do something that would most likely - indirectly torpedo his own career. Bam - easy to actually get angry - don't have to fake it.

[@joshie6213]

It’s cause he’s a rly, rly, rly good actor. He’s also insane but two things can be true at once xD

[@JohnDoe-zj6xf]

Bully Cruise

[@IrishCarney]

I'm reminded of how, during the filming of "Marathon Man", the script called for Dustin Hoffman's character to be exhausted, having run for a long time. So Hoffman, a method actor, stayed up the previous night, and actually ran a lot before the scene. Exhausted, panting, he hoped by this show of commitment to the role to impress legendary co-star Sir Laurence Olivier. But the classically trained Olivier simply asked, "did you consider ... acting?"

[@DylansPen]

The 'All is lost' moment that is part of most movies. It makes the victory at the end much more impactful.

[@TomF18]

Ever since seeing this movie, I been using “galactically stupid” as my go-to insult. 😁

[@Henlarious]

For you kids who are too young to have watched this film, go watch it. It’s seriously one of the best films if not the best film of all time.

[@thomasputti2249]

The best american film of all times. 😈

[@bullshark3771]

But she also never should have suggested threatening his law career. It was her fault they were in this position and wanted him to pay the price. Had Jessep not incriminated himself on the stand or refused to answer the question Kaffee would have been done and court martialed.

[@M0butu]

yeah, but since their visit to Cuba they knew his weaknesses: pride and overconfidence. Jessep WANTED to tell the world how important he is.

[@chrismarple]

It definitely isn’t the best film of all time

[@chewbaccabuddy3377]

Man sped run the stages of grief

[@andrewgoldstein5319]

Too funny.

[@airdriver]

What Tom should have said to Demi was,”Okay! Let’s put Jessup on the stand and YOU question him. YOU take the risk because I’m not risking MY ass on your say so. YOU want it so bad then YOU DO IT.”

[@sean2015]

Facts

[@perfectionbox]

I gotta admit 99% of lawyers would not have subpoenaed Jessup at this point

[@JBrander]

and who can blame them? lol No credible witnesses anymore, zero evidence. And now Galloway is asking Kaffee to put his career on the line by pushing forward with the subpoena and literally just asking Jessup if he ordered the code red.

[@edwardrook8146]

Phenomenal rage fit from Tom Cruise. Wow

[@__1201]

This IMO tops the infamous scene with Nicholson when Cruz is questioning him. Say what you want about Tommy but he's an amazing actor. My favorite actually.

[@mannyrivas3054]

The main character in any film written by Aaron Sorkin: the dialogue

[@ladybugmom10]

Tom Cruise is an amazing actor period.

[@keiman74]

Ngl, he really brought it home with the "galacticly stupid" part.

[@zt1053]

perfect example of why lawyers should never get emotionally invested in a case

[@davidw2857]

Easy for me to forgive Demi when those eyes are going through my soul. Damn beautiful.

[@ElvisRose_]

Cruise doesn’t get the credit he deserves for his acting.

[@fdwal76]

This scene , Jerry Maguire and Born on the Fourth of July are the proof that Tom Cruise is a great actor

[@cherishgp]

Top Gun too

[@antvenom1604]

And Tropic thunder

[@BethHarmon-yh8ms]

@@antvenom1604 And Rain Man.

[@verbalassault87]

By far one of their best performances

[@TERRENCEJJR]

Trust makes zero sense.

[@HobokenSquatCobbler]

One of my pet peeves. This: "by far, one of..." does not make sense. The phrase "one of" throws "by far" in the trashcan. It's almost like saying "Ninety percent of the time it works every time." You can say "By far the best" or "one of the best" but when you say "by far one of the best" you are stepping on a literary rake.

[@archangelstormrider3695]

Every cast member acted their ass off in this movie.

[@baylinkdashyt]

They had great material to work with...

[@joseluis-dj7ur]

Mmm? Cruise comes from the pouring rain, sits on a warm living room, Has time to drink half a bottle, hears his fellas, discusses the case with utmost passion, destroys the confidence of a young lawyer and not a drop on his face will dry up. No wonder he won the case.

[@metalmadness5851]

I wouldn't blame Kaffee, the case could only hope for a miracle at this point.

[@Alex.ActingandVO]

“He did? That’s great! Why didn’t you say so and of course you have proof of that?!” He and Jo knew it was jessup, Danny agreed with her, but knew the severity of accusing him without direct evidence and relying just on verbal confession, which someone of Jessup’s stature would be hard to poke at without constantly going at it. As well as her leaving out the bit of info of Downey not being in his room and not being present when Kendrick ordered the code red to Dawson, with a little bit of alcohol, sent Danny on a callout rage. He nailed it so well.

[@reptongeek]

Bleeping out the swearwords doesn't make the video any more suitable especially when it's obvious what the swearword is

[@mosestekper7659]

We need more drama from Cruise. He is amazing in this movie.

[@Mode_na]

2:48 Tom Cruise having a Jim Carrey moment

[@76JStucki]

This is the movie that made “Six degrees of Kevin Bacon” work.

[@NJGuy1973]

JFK. That movie had everyone in it. You could probably play Four Degrees of JFK, as in connect in four moves to anyone who was in it.

[@taj8231]

This scene. One of the greatest. All three of them.

[@walterlv01]

Kevin Pollak looks like he's trying to hold back from busting out laughing throughout this scene

[@deerenzo]

Kaffee is coffee in German. I haven’t seen coffee that melt down.

[@Mr.Gervasi]

Who cares that shit, beibonna

[@1who4me]

Jo- I’m worried, where is he, is he ok? Also Jo- Are you drunk?

[@edwinjones1000]

TC should have gotten an Oscar for that scene alone.

[@cherishgp]

He was against Anthony Hopkins in Silence of the Lambs.

[@nickl5738]

He didn't have his bat. He wasn't thinking straight

[@mursuka80]

Watching old clips of Cruise makes me sad, that the guy settled for being a movie star and not an actor.

[@lookaroundyou8108]

Not his fault, look at all the modern movie scripts nowadays

[@neil7132]

Tom's acting is on point but i'm too distracted at how attractive Demi is. Demi's mighty fine!

[@samus17]

To be fair, a court-martial is hardly the same as losing a set of steak knives.

[@carl_anderson9315]

I just have to mention how beautiful Demi Moore is

[@petergreen5337]

Maybe you should drink a little

[@5Mariner]

"Are you drunk?" "Pretty much. *pause* Yeah." 😂🤣

[@mikenero6704]

I really like this movie, a great mix of actors and performances.

[@jasondewhurst6987]

I am not really a big fan of cruise especially the MI stuff, but in this one he has my vote 24/7 excellent performances in every scene.

[@xelldincht4251]

the fact that is wet from head to toe visualizes the mental state of the character in that scene perfectly. I think Tom Cruise should do more comedy movies because he can be quite funny

[@frankmachin5438]

That’s a shit line: “I’m sorry I lost your set of steak knives” - it was a glib response from someone who dropped the ball when she’d constantly criticised Kaffee for being lazy and unprepared.

[@GabePlaysYT]

Tom Cruise has almost Jim Carrey energy here

[@MiketheNostalgicGamer]

Well if Galloway didn't screw up her investigation and examination they would've been back in the game. She was pretty useless.

[@humbertoventura1344]

wow, Tom Cruise performance is outstanding.

[@commandingnationsintl7792]

Wow. Who knew Tom had a serious Ace Ventura in his character portfolio?

[@youngtuck3605]

Exactly what I thought

[@saurabhkabali5702]

Demi and Tom everyone's favorite in 1990s

[@maggiemay5618]

Tom is a great actor

[@jimfinigan1681]

I noticed that they were able to say "Damn" and "dammit", but "bullshit" was bleeped out.

[@aboodmki3]

When your friend tells you to stop cleaning up you stop cleaning up

[@michaelkrolewski7406]

Maybe my favorite scene of A Few Good Men

[@ribonucleic]

As Bugs Bunny would say, "Wotta performance!"

[@mikecantreed]

You really can’t do better than Tom Cruise

[@englishonthetipofyourtongu5482]

This is such an intense scene!

[@snotbubbles3276]

I look forward to the day when I use the statement "I would rather not follow the advice of the galactically stupid" in a sentence. 😁

[@winternow2242]

I dread the day I may have to say it.

[@ashisbhatta7516]

DEMI MOORE .... what a beauty !!

[@tellah8037]

im so glad there was no, no no words in this. it would've shattered my psyche.

[@silencia08]

I need to start using "Galacticly Stupid" more

[@therau05]

He went full Jim Carrey there

[@Guns7469]

You are hanging on by a very thin thread my brother. 👏 And I DIG THAT ABOUT YOU!!!

[@richard8499]

It was just a mission statement...

[@justinkyleguevarra760]

This is how manipulative narcissists do when they loose arguments with their subjects. Typical in offices with management issues.

[@tommyzDad]

"And the hits just keep oooonnnn coming."

[@LGKids]

Even though she’s making coffee, this is still the way I act when the coffee runs out in the breakroom! Also it’s like this scene was not in the script and they told them I want some great acting, ACTIONNNNNN…….

[@hyperu2]

If he was really melting down he'd have jumped on the couch

[@royalblue9108]

Cruise's best performance bar none.

[@rs5004]

Okay, i admit...the thumbnail fooled me.... I will watch the movie

[@kc5onyoutubification]

Here we see Tom chanelling his inner Jim Carrey

[@daniel1982641]

To hell with the Oscars. That organisation is a clown world. Tom still did a brilliant acting role in this movie. Oscar worthy or not, it doesn’t matter. This film is a classic.

[@AmarGlen]

I gotta say the dumbest lawyer I have seen, one she screwed up by making Downey lie in the court. Second she didn’t even let her own team know that she has done that, awesome team work! And at the end let’s simply ask Jessup, could you please just say that you ordered that code red so we can win and have a pizza! He got pissed just for asking a transfer order, that should have given at least a little clue to the super smart madam lawyer!

[@sean2015]

A dumb and annoying character, for sure

[@reiserkeiser]

Fun fact: Kaffee is Swedish for Coffee

[@neruba2173]

You want a drink? The wannabe friend: You should not do that, thats bad for you. The BFF: Give me that bottle and go get yourself another.

[@rogercornelio995]

In my opinion, this was one of Demi Moore’s great moments in this film!!!

[@oceanberserker]

🧢

[@lambsquad_9047]

I hate this dumb 21st century way of expressing words. Wtf does this dumb shit even mean?.

[@jasperdeckens963]

Lol She did well but looking back I think She may have. Been a really bad lawyer…she almost ruined Kafees career and livelihood because she made that one bloke lie in court or something.

[@BillyButcher90]

There's also the fact that she recklessly grilled Jessup in Cuba about using code reds and causing him to defend his ego.

[@marymartindale996]

This is such a good movie

[@ratikantajena08]

Tom cruise is biggest movie star on earth.

[@karltubbritt8991]

brilliant scene love Tom.

[@StrangeDaysGaming]

Kaffee points out how insane the legal strategy of 'just get Colonel Jessup to incriminate himself and confess to having one of his own men killed.' is and she tries to make it like he's the asshole. Woman moment.

[@sean2015]

I hated Moore’s character and I also disliked JT Walsh’s character (Lt. Col. Markinson) who goes AWOL and flies a thousand miles to blow the lid on a conspiracy only to then take his own life without testifying.

[@USMCrecruit09]

…… how the Thunder just came in right after his explosion on the table.

[@margretsims1322]

A phenomenal movie......

[@timbuckthe2nd642]

This movie is timeless.

[@therugburnz]

Second funniest scene in this movie. IMHO