"Sometimes the Dark Side overcomes the Better Angels of Our Nature."

Rating: Null/10 (8 September 2000)

Why I would like to summarize this film I feel I will only be repeating what everyone else has mentioned. The Movie is a masterpiece in so many ways, the one that I feel it captures the best is the spirit and true ideas in Joseph Conrad's novel HEART OF DARKNESS. This movie captures the exact story and ideal of the novel with immaculate precision. Read the book (it's very short), then watch the film and be amazed. Apocalypse Now takes the viewer where few films, or directors for that matter dare to visit: The evil inside everyone of us. We all harbor an evil, a heart of darkness that waits for something to release its anger and power onto the world. "Every Man has a breaking point." I believe this to be easily one of the best movies of all time, but probably the most intelligent films ever made. You can never watch this film only once, multiple viewings are required in order to truly appreciate one man's vision and masterpiece.