Despite an uplifting, redemptive and moral ending, and an excellent performance by Farrell, TIGERLAND is irreparably marred by constant foul language, which totals at least obscenities and 54 profanities. There is also strong depicted fornication in one scene and extensive upper and rear nudity. Colin Farrell plays a sarcastic, cynical soldier named Roland Bozz who constantly bucks military authorities, gets into fights with colleagues and goes AWOL at times while training for Vietnam in Louisiana in Despite his angry nature, Bozz begins to help weaker men in his unit to gain honorable discharges.

On Ellen , Colin Farrell recalled what may not be his proudest moment. Farrell explained that in he was getting ready to shoot his first-ever sex scene, presumably in Tigerland , and was incredibly nervous. Farrell started by asking the hair and makeup department for a beard trimmer, then disappeared into his trailer.

What a difference a break makes. Last year young Irish actor Colin Farrell, best-known at home for his roles in the television series, Ballykissangel and Falling For a Dancer, was an unknown abroad. All that changed, however, when US director Joel Schumacher chose Farrell to star in his latest movie, Tigerland, which has earned the Irish actor rave reviews since opening in the US this month. When we meet on the day after the North American premiere of Tigerland, Colin Farrell is still high on the excitement of the night before.