Platoon (1986)

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Directed by

Oliver Stone

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Keith David
King

Forest Whitaker
Big Harold

Francesco Quinn
Rhah

Kevin Dillon
Bunny

John C. McGinley
Sgt. O'Neill

Reggie Johnson
Junior

Mark Moses
Lt. Wolfe

Corey Glover
Francis

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Oliver Stone
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Platoon

18 years, 5 months ago at Jan 18 3:09

Claudia

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"Are you smoking this shit so's to escape from reality? Me, I don't need this shit. I am reality. There's the way it ought to be, and there's the way it is. Elias was full of shit. Elias was a crusader. Now, I got no fight... with any man who does what he's told. But when he don't, the machine breaks down. And when the machine breaks down, we break down. And I ain't gonna allow that... in any of y... read more

A great movie

15 years, 6 months ago at Dec 20 17:05

johanlefourbe

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I already saw this movie but, since it was a while back, I thought I might as well check it out again. Well, after all these years, I was glad to see that the damned thing was still quite powerful and, in my opinion, it remains the best movie about the Vietnam war, no less than that. In fact, it might even be my favorite war movie. I mean, there are some other pretty good movies about the subject,... read more

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4 years, 5 months ago at Feb 3 20:53

KingLadyRings

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One of the most emotionally powerful and realistic depictions of the Vietnam war. This is anti-war cinema at its finest alongside Terrence Malick's 'The Thin Red Line.' Oliver Stone successfully includes several instances of war crimes and crimes against humanity the US military committed towards innocent Vietnamese civilians that regularly happens and still happening today in the Iraq war.

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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.

Release date: 6 February 1987
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