| Cadence | |
| Director: | Martin Sheen |
| Producer: | Timothy Gamble Frank Giustra Peter E. Strauss |
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| Music: | Georges Delerue |
| Cinematography: | Richard Leiterman |
| Editing: | Martin Hunter |
| Distributor: | New Line Cinema Republic Pictures |
| Released: | (Deauville Film Festival) (United States) |
| Runtime: | 97 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Budget: | $8.5 million[1] |
| Gross: | $2,070,871 |
Cadence is a 1990 American historical prison film directed by Martin Sheen, in which Charlie Sheen plays an inmate in a United States Army military prison in West Germany during the 1960s. Sheen plays alongside his father Martin Sheen and brother Ramon Estevez. The film is based on a novel by Gordon Weaver.
Franklin Bean (Charlie Sheen), an Army private, is sentenced to 90 days in the stockade for drunkenly assaulting a military policeman on his base in West Germany in the 1960s. Master Sergeant McKinney (Martin Sheen) is the stockade commander who takes a dislike to the rebellious Bean.
All soldiers wearing the shoulder sleeve distinct insignia of the Seventh United States Army.Pvt. Bean is experiencing Chain gang (stockade shuffle) for his first time.[2] Martin Sheen received a Critics Award nomination at the Deauville Film Festival 1990.[3] Filming locations were Kamloops and Ashcroft, British Columbia (both in Canada) between July and August 1989.[4]
On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 42% based on reviews from 12 critics.[5] On Metacritic it has a score of 44% based on reviews from 16 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[6]