Apocalypse Please End Now

Rating: 5/10 (12 January 2018)

It might just be because I watched the Redux version, and from what Ive read the some of the stuff that I found to be the most detrimental were some of the parts added, so my opinion could be different based on seeing the original release, but I doubt that.
The issue is that there is a lack of anything to look to over the course of the film. The actual plot line is minimal and the movie just feels like a set of scenes that occur between the first act and the third act when the actual plot takes place. The main character, played by Martin Sheen, isn't very interesting, nor is Marlon Brando's antagonist. There are a number of themes portrayed in the movie, such as the madness of war, but that through line is weak and not enough to carry the second act of the movie on. Instead, it leads to a couple of good scenes here and there, such as the USO Show, but it ultimately doesn't elevate the film's quality.
Other than some colorful side characters like the four members of the boat crew (Laurence Fishburne, Sam Bottoms, Fredric Forrest, and Albert Hall) and Colonel Kilgore (Robert Duvall), the movie is dull and vacant.