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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Year:	1986
Country of origin:	USA
Director:	Oliver Stone
Genre:	Vietnam war movie
Starring:	Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Charlie Sheen
Rating:	5/5
IMDB link:	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091763/
Tagline:	The first casualty of war is innocence.
Favourite line:	"Are you smoking this shit so's to escape from reality? Me, I don't need this shit. I am reality."

An awesome movie.
Immensely powerful, disturbing, upsetting, graphic, realistic, visceral, challenging, thought-provoking, politically charged, relevant.
Need any more?
Simply put, one of the best movies ever made.
Oliver Stone for once manages to rein in his self indulgent tendencies, and simply paints a blistering visual image of the highs and lows of life as a grunt in the Vietnam war. Inter-personal conflict, corruption, military criminality tolerated, and a real sense of moral conviction.
The direction is awesome, really making you feel as if you are in the battle sequences. A magnificent glimpse into the life of a grunt.
Quite simply - unmissable.