Platoon (DVD 2000)

ONE OF THE ORIGINAL WAR FILMS AND ONE OF THE MUST SEE FILMS ON MY TOP LISTS.
RAW SENCES AND UN CLUTTERED ACTING BY BRILLIANT ACTORS UNTARNISHED BY HYPE.

This film is an epic. It is about the American soldiers innocence being lost in Vietnam. It is very realistic and convincing.
Chris Taylor (Charlie Sheen) is a young naive American who upon his arrival in Vietnam, quickly discovers that he must do battle not only with the Viet Cong (VC), but also with the gnawing fear,physical exhaustion and intense anger growing inside him.
While his 2 commanding officers (Tom Berenger and William Dafoe) draw a fine line between the war they wage against the enemy and the one they fight with each other, the conflict, the chaos and the hatred penetrate Taylor, suffocating his realities and numbing his feelings to man's highest value ... Life.

I recommend that you purchase the Special Edition DVD version as it contains a 51 min documentary on the making of "Tour of the Inferno" plus many other special features.

The film itself is 1 hr 55 mins long.

great film, bought off ebay a while back, great service from seller and when i put dvd on 3 weeks later the dvd kept sticking and jumping....so had to buy another one to fully watch the film...

any way about the film, its a film where you have to sit down from start to finish to fully understand. poor lighting in places as its based at night, but on the whole i think i would watch it again.

Simply the best vietnam movie ever made. Forget the acid trip weirdness of Apocolypse Now, and experience the harsh, cruel reality of life in the 'Nam.

...and what a soundtrack.