For Queen and Country

For Queen and Country is a 1989 crime drama film produced by Working Title Films and Zenith, starring Denzel Washington. Washington stars as Reuben James, a Black British former-PARA, who joined the British Army to escape the poverty of inner city London. For Queen and Country was rated R by the MPAA for violence, language, some drug content, and adult situations, and was released in theaters on January 1, 1989. Reuben (Washington), although havi... more

For Queen and Country is a 1989 crime drama film produced by Working Title Films and Zenith, starring Denzel Washington. Washington stars as Reuben James, a Black British former-PARA, who joined the British Army to escape the poverty of inner city London. For Queen and Country was rated R by the MPAA for violence, language, some drug content, and adult situations, and was released in theaters on January 1, 1989. Reuben (Washington), although having grown up in London, was originally born in St. Lucia, West Indies, and joined the British Army of Her Majesty's Armed Forces to escape the poverty of inner city life. He serves with the Parachute Regiment, doing a tour in Northern Ireland for three years at the height of The Troubles in the late 1970s, and fighting in the Falklands Conflict in the South Atlantic for the remainder of his military career, eventually becoming a war hero himself. Six years later after leaving the army and hanging up his guns, Reuben returns to civilian life in... less