A cinematic masterpiece, which has never been bettered.

Rating: 10/10 (16 December 2019)

The only movie in film history to be both pretentious, yet essential viewing at the same time. The helicopter raid on the ill-fated village, is simply mind-blowing and probably the best filmed action sequence (that has ever been committed to film). Francis Ford Coppola, was wise to stick with the great actors he had previously used in 'The Godfather' and 'The Conversation'; chiefly Robert Duvall, as the crazy Kilgore (of the Air Cavalry). Some stand out scenes throughout and has never really dated, like other latter 'Nam' movies such as Platoon. To be honest it's impossible to ever imagine a film of such magnitude, cost and physical endurance, being produced in today's climate, in fact it would be nigh on impossible.