Joaquin Phoenix’s war drama movie is on TV tonight

The film is also about to be added to streaming.

Set on an American Army base in 1989, as the Berlin Wall is about to fall, the film follows a group of US soldiers who "steal, drink, fight, and make, take, and sell drugs".

Elwood (Phoenix) is the brains behind the criminal operation, easily duping his superior (Ed Harris). But with the arrival of the new sergeant (Scott Glenn), everything changes.

"The sergeant cracks down; Elwood retaliates by dating his daughter and attempting a big weapons-for-drugs deal," the plot synopsis adds.

Based on the novel of the same name by Robert O'Connor, the cast of Buffalo Soldiers also includes Dean Stockwell, Elizabeth McGovern, Idris Elba and Michael Peña.

Holding a 73% Rotten Tomatoes score, Dallas Morning News described the movie as "a sharp, savagely funny look at the Army during peacetime with 'nothing to kill but time'."

Many critics drew comparisons between the film and the earlier war satire M*A*S*H.

Buffalo Soldiers is on TV tonight/tomorrow morning on Film4 at 1am. It will also be available on Channel 4's website after it airs.

Watch the trailer for Buffalo Soldiers right here:

Here are the other movies on TV tonight:

Mean Girls - Sky One - 8am

The 2024 musical update of the classic comedy.

Daredevil - Film4 - 9pm

Ben Affleck is the lawyer-by-day, crime-fighter by night.

Dude, Where's My Car? - Comedy Central - 9pm

The cult comedy with Ashton Kutcher and Seann William Scott.

Mr and Mrs Smith - Legend - 9pm

An action comedy about a seemingly bored suburban couple (Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt) who secretly live double lives as assassins.

Drive Angry - Legend Xtra - 9pm

This fun thriller stars Nicolas Cage as a man named John Milton, who escapes from Hell with Satan’s gun, the Godkiller, to hunt down the cult leader who murdered his daughter and kidnapped her baby.

Jackass Forever - Film4 - 11.05pm

With the fifth and final main instalment in the Jackass film series in cinemas this week, what better time to revisit this fourth entry?

Deathwatch - Legend Xtra - 11.10pm

In this horror war flick, a lost squad of British WWI soldiers take refuge in an enemy trench, only to discover it's haunted by a malevolent supernatural force.

Man on a Ledge - Legend - 11.30pm

Sam Worthington is... a man on a ledge.

Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story - Sky Arts - 12am

An acclaimed documentary about the legendary Irish author.