Platoon

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Directed by: Oliver Stone
Overview
As a young and naive recruit in Vietnam, Chris Taylor faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.
Reviews (2)
tricksy (Not rated)
Platoon is a must see. The film that put Stone on the map, Platoon is considered by Vietnam Vets as the most realistic. But in keeping the maxim of giving credit where credit is due, much of the success of Platoon belongs to military adviser Captain Dale Dye, who has been linked to pretty much every...
Filipe Manuel Neto (Rated: 9)
A film with a good script and good characters, but which exaggerates some things and is as anti-war as almost all films about Vietnam.
The Vietnam War is one of the most brutal conflicts the US was involved in the 20th century, and one of the first wars that Americans lost. Following the expu...
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