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The first casualty of war is innocence.

FilmSuggest Rating:    4.4/5 (27 votes) 

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Writer(s):

Actors:

Achara, Basile | Barracks, Ron | Barredo, Steve | Berenger, Tom | Boos, H. Gordon | Castillejo, Chris | Clark, Andrew B. | Dafoe, Willem | David, Keith (I) | Depp, Johnny |

Release Date:

December 19, 1986

Genre:

Action | Drama | War

Plot:

Chris Taylor (Charlie Sheen) is a young, naive American who gives up college and volunteers for combat in Vietnam. Upon arrival, he quickly discovers that his presence is quite nonessential, and is considered insignificant to the other soldiers, as he has not fought for as long as the rest of them and felt the effects of combat. Chris has two commanding officers, the ill-tempered and indestructible Staff Sergeant Robert Barnes (Tom Berenger) and the more pleasant and cooperative Sergeant Elias Grodin (Willem Dafoe). A line is drawn between the two officers and a number of men in the platoon when an illegal killing occurs during a village raid. As the war continues, Chris himself draws towards psychological meltdown. And as he struggles for survival, he soon realizes he is fighting two battles, the conflict with the enemy and the conflict between the men within his platoon. Jeremy Thomson A gritty and emotional look at the lives of a platoon of American soldiers as they patrol, fight and die in the jungles of Vietnam as seen through the perspective of a young recruit. Two veteran sergeants clash when one of them precipitates a massacre of villagers. Keith Loh

Plot Keywords:

u.s.-army | death | award-winning | person-on-fire | critically-acclaimed | betrayal | classical-music | battle | brutality | stabbed-in-the-chest |

MPAA Rating:

Not Available

Runtime:

120 min

Country:

UK
USA

Language:

English
Vietnamese

Company:

Cinema 86
Hemdale Film [gb]