Platoon
111 minutes,
USA (1986), 15
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(4.6 / 110 votes)
(4.6 / 110 votes)
Oliver Stone's finest moment, Platoon pounds through the jungles of Vietnam churning up increasingly shocking images of unmitigated horror. Intense, humane and compelling viewing
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Platoon: The first and best of Stone's Vietnam trilogy, it's also one of his finest pieces of work.
He avoids his trademark conspiracy theories, the editing and fancy camerawork are virtually mainstream and, instead of concentrating on a showy script, he builds an increasingly intense story of a young volunteer being broken down and remade in the dehumanizing conditions of war...
Read the Platoon full reviewHe avoids his trademark conspiracy theories, the editing and fancy camerawork are virtually mainstream and, instead of concentrating on a showy script, he builds an increasingly intense story of a young volunteer being broken down and remade in the dehumanizing conditions of war...
