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Basic

2003 film by John McTiernan
Movie film Q28776

Facts

33 properties
Instance of
film
Director
John McTiernan[2]
Genre
drama film, action film, mystery film[5][6][7]
Publication date
March 28, 2003, September 11, 2003
Official website
www.sonypictures.com
Screenwriter
James Vanderbilt[3]
Producer
Mike Medavoy, Dror Soref, James Vanderbilt[20][21][22]
Duration
+98
Assessment
Bechdel test
Box office
+42000000
CNC film rating (France)
no age restriction, warning
Capital cost
+50000000
Cast member
John Travolta, Connie Nielsen, Samuel L. Jackson, Tim Daly, Giovanni Ribisi, Brian Van Holt, Taye Diggs, Dash Mihok, Harry Connick Jr., Roselyn Sánchez, Cristián de la Fuente, Margaret Travolta[8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19]
Color
color
Composer
Klaus Badelt[4]
Country of origin
Germany, United States
Distributed by
Columbia Pictures, Netflix
Distribution format
video on demand[25]
FSK film rating
FSK 16
Film editor
George Folsey Jr.
Filming location
Florida, Panama
Filmiroda rating
Category III
JMK film rating
free from 14 years
Kijkwijzer rating
16, 12, 12
Show all 33 facts +9
Medierådet rating
For ages 15 and up
Narrative location
Panama
Original language of film or TV show
English[24]
P14449
6263
P14724
18926183
P14821
264395
Production company
Intermedia[23]
Review score
21%, 4.5/10, 34/100
Title
Basic
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🔖 Identifiers · 76
AFI Catalog of Feature Films ID
62265
AllMovie title ID
v274883
Allcinema film ID
241971
AlloCiné film ID
28603
Amazon Standard Identification Number
B000NMZFIW
Apple TV movie ID
umc.cmc.280a2vvzmdukrjhnnoj9o1839
BFI Films, TV and people ID
4ce2b8771b9c1
BFI National Archive work ID
150629724
Bechdel Test Movie List ID
5567
Box Office Mojo film ID (former scheme)
basic
Cine.gr film ID (archived)
703112
CineMagia title ID
5002
Show all 76 identifiers +64
Cinema.de ID
1297300
Cinematografo.it film ID
42205
Cinematografo.it film ID (new)
basic-cn2lq11n
Cineplex Germany film ID
104961
Ciné-Ressources film ID
85104
Cinémathèque québécoise work ID
64782
DNF film ID
37454
Daum movie ID
35104
Decine21 film ID
1225
Deutsche Synchronkartei film ID
317
Douban film ID
1301164
Dvdcompare.net film ID
3489, 19523
EDb film ID
t0009786
EIDR content ID
10.5240/A37D-1733-929C-DB66-0022-7
ElCinema film ID
2002525
ElFilm film ID
260639
Elonet movie ID
1194259
Exploitation mark number
107902
FandangoNow ID (deprecated scheme)
1MV38b8e3964c31ec2acd7feecb5fb0aa42
Fernsehserien.de ID
filme/basic-hinter-jeder-luege-eine-wahrheit
FilmAffinity film ID
211932
FilmVandaag ID
film/5945
Filmfront film ID (archived)
1001
Filmová databáze film ID
28221
Filmweb.no film ID
22821
Filmweb.pl ID
8.Sekcja
Freebase ID
/m/04z48q
Google Play Movies & TV ID
-7CvATuBwA0
IMDb ID
tt0264395
ISAN
0000-0003-CCA5-0000-V-0000-0000-I
ITunes movie ID
292722954, 406207190
Il mondo dei doppiatori ID
film/basic
KINENOTE film ID
34327
KOBIS film ID
20030206
Kinobox film ID
231062
Kinopoisk film ID
4572
LUMIERE film ID
20414
LdiF ID
520612
Letterboxd film ID
basic
MYmovies audiovisual work ID
34778
Metacritic ID
movie/basic
Movie Review Query Engine ID
basic-m100036548
Movie Walker Press film ID
mv33394
MovieMeter film ID
8647
Moviepilot.de film ID
basic-2
Netflix ID
60027203
OFDb film ID
30598
OMDb film ID
10782
Plex media key
5d776836e6d55c002040d570
Prisma ID
438487
Rotten Tomatoes ID
m/basic
Schnittberichte.com title ID
165
Scope.dk film ID
1933
Sratim ID
tt1739
Swedish Film Database ID
55612
TCM Movie Database film ID
444375
TMDB movie ID
10782
TV Guide show ID (former scheme)
136636
TV.com ID
movies/basic
The Numbers movie ID
Basic
TheTVDB movie ID
2383
Trakt.tv ID
movies/basic-2003
Trakt.tv film ID
5943
ČSFD film ID
43310

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Cast member 12
John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Giovanni Ribisi, Connie Nielsen, Harry Connick Jr., Roselyn Sánchez, Taye Diggs, Tim Daly +4 more
Genre 3
action film, drama film, mystery film
Country of origin 2
United States, Germany
Distributed by 2
Netflix, Columbia Pictures
Filming location 2
Panama, Florida
Producer 2
James Vanderbilt, Mike Medavoy
Assessment 1
Bechdel test
Composer 1
Klaus Badelt
Director 1
John McTiernan
Distribution format 1
video on demand
Film editor 1
George Folsey Jr.
Instance of 1
film
Narrative location 1
Panama
Original language of film or TV show 1
English
Production company 1
Intermedia
Screenwriter 1
James Vanderbilt
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Summary

Basic is a film[1].

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Publication

Publication dates include March 28, 2003[26] and September 11, 2003[27].

Reception

Reviews include 21%[28], 4.5/10[29], and 34/100[30].

Related Entities

Connie Nielsen film Florida Germany Giovanni Ribisi Harry Connick Jr. John McTiernan John Travolta Netflix Panama Roselyn Sánchez Samuel L. Jackson United States

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  18. [19] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
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  25. [28] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [29] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . kinokalender.com. Retrieved . kinokalender.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · Kwayst · 2026-10-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14724 → 18926183
    Sitelink count → 30
    Wikipedia languages → ['an', 'ar', 'arz', 'bg', 'ca', 'cs', 'cy', 'de', 'eml', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fa',
    P14821 → 264395
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14724: 18926183, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/302071598|Basic (#302071598)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8232|Garance item (films)]] #"
  2. 12w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film ID → 28221
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Filmová databáze film ID: 32593, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/264619|batch #264619]]"
  3. 19w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14449 → 6263
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38225|batch #38225]]: MovieLens IDs (part 1)"
  4. 19w ago · Gerwoman · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +2003-03-28T00:00:00Z, +2003-09-11T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter → James Vanderbilt
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+98'}
    Decine21 film ID → 1225
    + 32 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Decine21 film ID: 1225, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/204251147|Basic (#204251147)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7078|Decine21 film]] #mix'n'match"
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