Casualties of War

Name: Casualties of War
Genre: Drama, History, War
Released: 1989-08-18
Duration: 113 min
Rating: 7.2

★ 7,2 /10 (1,031 Votes)

1989 EN 113 min

Overview

During the Vietnam War, a soldier finds himself the outsider of his own squad when they unnecessarily kidnap a female villager.

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Release date

18/08/1989

Votes

1,031

Popularity

4.9

Even in war… murder is murder.

Genres

Drama History War

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

113 min

Budget

$22,500,000

Revenue

$18,671,317

Michael J. Fox

Private Eriksson

Sean Penn

Sgt. Tony Meserve

Don Harvey

Cpl. Thomas E. Clark

John C. Reilly

Private Herbert Hatcher

John Leguizamo

Private Antonio Diaz

Thuy Thu Le

Oanh

Erik King

Brown

Jack Gwaltney

Rowan

Ving Rhames

Lt. Reilly

Wendell Pierce

MacIntire

Sam Robards

Chaplain Kirk

Dan Martin

Sgt. Hawthorne

Dale Dye

Capt. Hill

Steve Larson

Agent #1

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John Linton

Agent #2

Vyto Ruginis

Prosecutor

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Al Shannon

Wilkins

Maris Valainis

Streibig

Darren E. Burrows

Cherry

Sherman Howard

Court Martial President

John Marshall Jones

M.P.

Holt McCallany

Lt. Kramer

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Kady Tran

Yen (Oahn's Sister)

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Scott Gregory

Soldier Charlie 1

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Ennalls Berl

Soldier Charlie 2

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Vinh Tran

V.C. Interpreter

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Somsak

ARVN Interpreter

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Hataya Sarmount

Girl Villager

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Ba Thuan T. Le

Oahn's Mother

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Nootch

Child Villager

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Kwan

Child Villager

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J. Chalerm

Villager Old Man Farmer

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Sigma

Villager Woman

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Po Powpi

Villager Old Man

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Shaun Shea

Soldier

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Kristopher Dunn

Soldier

Donal Gibson

Soldier

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Shane Kerwin

Soldier

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Niran

V.C. in Tunnel

Stephen Baldwin

Soldier (uncredited)

Gregg Henry

Prosecutor (uncredited)

Amy Irving

Girl on the Train (voice) (uncredited)

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Michael D. Jones

Passenger on Train (uncredited)

Espérance Pham Thai Lan

Etudiante, soeur (uncredited)

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_**Beautiful and brutal, artistic and ugly**_ Based on a true story, the arrogant sergeant (Sean Penn) of a 5-man squad on a reconnaissance mission in Vietnam in November, 1966, decides to kidnap a Vietnamese farm girl for some “portable R&R” because it would be "good for the morale of the squad." But PFC Eriksson (Michael J. Fox) refuses to participate and fears being “killed In Action” for dissenting. “Casualties of War” (1989) separates itself from other Vietnam War movies by focusing on the incident at hand, including the build-up and aftermath. Its uniqueness is augmented by Brian D…

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"Casualties of War" is a deeply disturbing and emotionally overpowering film which remains strictly impartial throughout and it just recounts the acutely distressing and repugnant details in a dramatically harrowing yet still compelling way. The rape itself is dealt with in an incredibly matter-of-fact fashion as indeed is the victim's very life when she is indiscriminately murdered after she becomes an inconvenience. It is also shocking but to be expected that when Private Eriksson brings squad leader Sergeant Meserve's criminal act to the attention of his superiors he is met with a lack of c…

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