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1986 · Movie · 2h · R

Platoon

CriticsCritics: 91
AudienceAudience: 8.1

A young, inexperienced recruit arrives in Vietnam and is thrown into the exhausting reality of jungle warfare. As fear, violence, and competing approaches to leadership divide his platoon, he faces an increasingly difficult struggle to preserve his sense of right and wrong.

My take

You’ll like this if you want an intense, morally conflicted war drama with gritty atmosphere and strong performances; Not for you if you dislike graphic violence, bleak stories, or heavy anti-war themes.

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Cast

Charlie SheenWillem DafoeTom BerengerKevin DillonForest WhitakerMark MosesKeith DavidRichard Edson

Director

Oliver Stone

If tonight is a Platoon night…

…these live in the same corner of my head.

Want one picked out for tonight?

Tell me what kind of night it is — I'll do the rest.