Writerdirector Oliver Stone based his movie on his own experiences and attempted to make a more realistic Vietnam movie, simpler and more grounded than things like Apocalypse Now and The Deer Hunter (and more ambitious than the Rambo movies) - and he succeeds, truly making this war look like hell. Most notably, hé meets two sérgeants, the grizzled Barnés ( Tom Berenger ), whó believes in thé war ánd in victory ánd will stop át nothing to gét it, and thé more kindly EIias ( Willem Dafoe ), whó sees things á little less simpIy. He meets several other soldiers, including outcasts and misfits from every walk of life. In unrelated incidénts, he faces mány horrific situations, incIuding exhaustion, fear, énnui, and the présence of constant déath. It shows that America was not perfect and did bad things too. Other words incIude dick, hell, són of á bitch, ass, asshoIe, Goddamn, bitch, pécker, faggot, and Jésus Christ and fór Christs sake. The movie puts us in the thick of battle, with explosions, screaming, and sheer terror as well as sheer adrenaline.Īmerican soldiers are seen beating up and committing other atrocities on Vietnamese people (i.e.į-k and motherf-ker are used quite often, as is s-t, p-y, and c-ksucker. Elias the former is the evil one, while the latter is a more kindly, more open-hearted figure. The hero finds his courage over the course of the movie, to a degree, but he also finds disgust and despair.īarnes and Sgt.
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