brutally realistic look at a young soldier’s tour of duty in Vietnam. Chris Taylor is a college student who quits school to volunteer for the Army in the late ’60s. He’s shipped off to Vietnam, where he serves with a culturally diverse group of fellow soldiers under two men who lead the platoon: Sgt. Barnes, whose facial scars are a mirror of the violence and corruption of his soul, and Sgt. Elias, who maintains a Zen-like calm in the jungle and fights with both personal and moral courage even though he no longer believes in the war. After a few weeks ”in country,” Taylor begins to see the folly of his views about the war, especially after a quick search for enemy troops devolves into an orgy of murder and rape. Platoon is a grunt’s-eye view of the war, touching on moral issues but focusing on the men who fought the battles and suffered the wounds. Platoon mixes familiar elements of onscreen battle with small realistic details: bugs, jungle rot, exhaustion, C-rations, marijuana, and counting the days before you go home.

1986

R

883904294245

Movie

1.85:1

120

United States

1080i

1

1

Clamshell Case

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