Disturbing, real, dark and excellent

Rating: 10/10 (18 November 2014)

For starters i'd like to address the people who give this movie a 1/10 purely because they dislike the redux version, i haven't seen it and i don't want to but whats the point of taking it out on the original which is in my opinion the best movie ever made, just because you don't like another version doesn't mean you have to rate it awful and had the redux not been released or at least had it received it's own IMDb page i think apocalypse now would comfortably fit into the top 10.
Now for the review, the intro to this film completely sets the tone, it has a somber and disturbing feel and this is definitely helped by the song 'the end' by 'the doors'. When the napalm hits that tree-line you know you aren't in for your typical Vietnam war film no, this is something much more, a story of prejudice and curiosity which will take captain Willard (Martin sheen) into a world of despair and one that will question his confidence in normal civilization, and raises the question 'what will he find when he reaches Col. Kurtz' ?
The dialogue in this film is just great, it has one of the most haunting monologues in film history acted perfectly by the legend Marlon Brando. It includes narration by martin sheen that takes us on a journey through the jungle, although we really don't know much about the characters' backgrounds apart form colonel Kurtz, since we hear first hand his dossier throughout the first half of the film. The cinematography is great and will deeply absorb you into the plot, this is particularly evident when we finally see kurtz, we do not see his face much just glimpses and so in the few parts when we clearly see, it is a frightening face.
We get a true portrayal of war here, the grit, the horrors and the damage it caused to not only the Vietnamese people but that damage it caused to the American soldiers. This does not make war look fun, like some other movies nor does it follow the cliché agenda of a hero and a villain, we do not know who the villain is nor who the hero is.
If you go into this expecting just a fast paced war film then do not watch you will be disappointed go watch fury instead, this film will take you on a journey that will be impossible to forget.