Welcome to the dark side

Rating: 10/10 (11 February 2005)

'Apocalypse Now'(1979) Marlon Brando, Martin Sheen, Robert Duvall. One of the best movies ever made.Heart pounding, claustrophobic, surreal classic of the madness of the Viet Nam war, follows Sheen narrating his own mission up the river into Cambodia to assassinate a renegade Colonel(Brando) that the military has deemed insane.Francis Ford Coppalas directing is just brilliant, and frightening as well. Great supporting cast with the most notable being Frederic Forrest as the tightly wrapped'Chef',and a very young Lawrence Fishburn as "Mr. Clean". Duvalls " I love the smell of Napalm" speech is memorable. There aren't too many movies better than this one. A must see.