Major Payne (1995)
He's looking for a few good men... or a few guys old enough to shave.
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Major Payne rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
IMDb6.3/10· 42K votes
Rotten Tomatoes29%
Metacritic34%
TMDb6.469/10· 895 votesWith 29% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.3/10 on IMDb and 34/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been modest.
About Major Payne
Major Benson Winifred Payne is being discharged from the Marines. Payne is a killin' machine, but the wars of the world are no longer fought on the battlefield. A career Marine, he has no idea what to do as a civilian, so his commander finds him a job - commanding officer of a local school's JROTC program, a bunch of ragtag losers with no hope.
Cast of Major Payne
Damon Wayans
as Maj. Benson Payne
Karyn Parsons
as Emily Walburn
William Hickey
as Dr. Phillips
Michael Ironside
as Lt. Col. Stone
Albert Hall
as Gen. Decker
Steven Martini
as Cadet Alex Stone
Chris Owen
as Cadet Wuliger
Andrew Leeds
as Cadet Dotson
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Joseph Blaire
as Cadet Bryan
- M
Mark W. Madison
as Cadet Fox
- P
Peyton Chesson-Fohl
as Cadet Sgt. Johnson
- S
Stephen Coleman
as Cadet Leland
Major Payne facts
- Box office
- $30.1M
Ranked by the iRankMovies editorial teamUpdated August 2026MethodologyData sources
Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •Military setting provides comedic contrast effectively
- •Family-friendly adventure appeals broadly to audiences
- •Comedy finds laughs in fish-out-of-water scenarios
What the audience disliked
- •Drill sergeant character relies on tired stereotypes
- •Plot progression follows completely predictable formula
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