Hands Down The Best War Film Ever Made, And In My Opinion Coppola's Best Work! (This Review Is For The Redux Version, Since I Have Only Seen This Version And Not The Original)

Rating: 10/10 (4 May 2005)

This is hands down the best War film ever made, and in my opinion Coppola's best work(yes even better then the Godfather). It has 2 of the best performances ever in a movie in my opinion by Martin Sheen and Marlon Brando, plus, it's very engrossing throughout. If your looking for a war movie with lots of war, look elsewhere, however if your looking for a powerful, amazingly acted, and intense war film, look no further. The character development, is absolutely fantastic, and you really start to root and feel for Sheen's character, plus when Marlon Brando finally does show up, it's one of the creepiest things you will ever see.It's a film with a powerful message and if you haven not seen it yet, you must right now, get it now. The Direction is absolutely amazing. Francis Ford Coppola does an amazing job here, with realistic war scenes, creating lots of tension, great use of shadows for Brando, awesome zoom in's, and some amazing camera work,it's one of the best directing jobs i have ever seen, i won't spoil the rest for you. there is lots of harsh violence. We get a hand cut graphically on glass,lots of bloody corpses,guy holding his guts in,lots of bloody gunshot wounds,gory impaling with an arrow,gory surgery on a guy with no leg,severed heads,slicing and dicing,and a live cow is chopped to pieces. The Acting is absolutely incredible and no doubt Oscar worthy. Martin Sheen is incredibly amazing here, and gives one of the best performances i have ever seen, he is extremely likable, vulnerable, was intense and it really looked like that some of his emotion was on screen , he was really into his role, (Martin Rules!). Marlon Brando is amazing, here, he didn't have much screen time but he was on you knew it, he gives one of the creepiest performances i have ever seen, always lurking in the shadows, his creepy voice just a wonderful, wonderful performance. Frederic Forrest is very good with what he has to do here, and was likable. Sam Bottoms is okay here and nothing more. Albert Hall is good but wish he didn't go so soon. Robert Duvall is excellent in his scenes, and seemed to be having a blast. Laurence Fishburne is excellent as usual , but looked very very young. Dennis Hopper is an awesome actor but annoyed the crap out of me here.Harrison Ford shines in his scene, wish he had a lot more screen time though. Overall this is hands down the best war film ever made and if you have not seen it yet, see it right this instant it's one of the greatest films ever made, and it's Coppola's best work! ***** out of 5