Platoon is a must see. The film that put Stone on the map, Platoon is considered by Vietnam Vets as the most realistic. But in keeping the maxim of giving credit where credit is due, much of the success of Platoon belongs to military adviser Captain Dale Dye, who has been linked to pretty much every great war movie in the last twenty years. Much accolades to Tom Berenger as well, whose performance as Sgt. Barnes is the tour de force of his career. With a great script, great performances, and awesome cinematography, Platoon is a surefire classic.
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Platoon
Overview
As a young and naive recruit in Vietnam, Chris Taylor faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.
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Release date
19/12/1986
Votes
5,195
Popularity
11.4
Charlie Sheen
Chris Taylor
Willem Dafoe
Sergeant Elias Grodin
Tom Berenger
Sergeant Robert "Bob" Barnes
Kevin Dillon
Bunny
Forest Whitaker
Big Harold
Mark Moses
Lieutenant Wolfe
Keith David
King
Richard Edson
Sal
Francesco Quinn
Rhah
John C. McGinley
Sergeant O'Neill
Johnny Depp
Gator Lerner
Reggie Johnson
Junior
David Neidorf
Tex
Chris Pedersen
Crawford
Tony Todd
Warren
Corkey Ford
Manny
Corey Glover
Francis
Bob Orwig
Gardner
Kevin Eshelman
Morehouse
James Terry McIlvain
Ace
J. Adam Glover
Sanderson
Ivan Kane
Tony
Paul Sanchez
Doc
Dale Dye
Captain Harris
Peter Hicks
Parker
Basile Achara
Flash
Steve Barredo
Fu Sheng
Chris Castillejo
Rodriguez
Andrew B. Clark
Tubbs
Bernardo Manalili
Village Chief
Than Rogers
Village Chief's Wife
Li Thi Van
Village Chief's Daughter
Clarisa Ortacio
Old Woman
Romy Sevilla
One-Legged Man
Matthew Westfall
Terrified Soldier
Nick Nicholson
Mechanized Soldier #1
Warren McLean
Mechanized Soldier #2
Li Mai Thao
Rape Victim
Ron Barracks
Medic
H. Gordon Boos
Soldier with Mohawk Haircut (uncredited)
Robert 'Rock' Galotti
Huffmeister (uncredited)
Oliver Stone
Alpha Company Major in Bunker (uncredited)
Brad Cassini
Soldier (uncredited)
Mark Ebenhoch
Ebenhoch (uncredited)
Original Soundtrack
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**A film with a good script and good characters, but which exaggerates some things and is as anti-war as almost all films about Vietnam.** The Vietnam War is one of the most brutal conflicts the US was involved in the 20th century, and one of the first wars that Americans lost. Following the expulsion of the Japanese and the end of French colonization in the region, the effort to help democratic South Vietnam to survive the invasion by its northern neighbor, a pawn at the orders of the USSR, resulted in a bloodbath that it leaves dents in the American mentality. That's why there are several…
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The corn at home might have been green, but nowhere near as green as “Chris” (Charlie Sheen) when he arrives in Vietnam ready to take up arms against the well entrenched Viet-Cong. The scene as he arrives speaks volumes as his far most experienced colleagues look upon his fresh face with a combination of resentment and disdain, and he is posted to a squadron run by an equally inexperienced lieutenant (Mark Moses). Luckily the heavy lifting is done by a staff sergeant “Barnes” (Tom Berenger) and by “Sgt. Elias” (Willem Dafoe). The former is a bit of a brute of a man, battle-scarred and ruthless…
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