One disappointing moment erases all high marks.

Rating: 6/10 (5 July 2013)

When going in to view a movie about the Vietnam War,one must factor in that there will be dark disturbing imagery involved,so I was prepared for that aspect.As the film rolled along,I found myself very captivated by it's story.A highly decorated colonel has gone mad and is wanted for murder.Captain Benjamin Willard (Martin Sheen) is selected to seek out the mad colonel and "terminate with extreme prejudice".I found the story very compelling and very well executed.I was prepared to give it high marks...until the ox scene.Sorry folks,but I have a problem with witnessing a helpless animal being viciously slaughtered on camera.I don't care what it does for the story.It could have simply been implied and I would have been OK with that.Seriously,when they killed the ox, they killed the high opinion of what I saw leading up to it.I won't be back to see this again.