A true masterpiece

Rating: 10/10 (11 July 2011)

Now I have seen this original version and the redux version and I have to say that the original is better. It follows Captain Willard played by Martin Sheen who has to kill Colonel Kurtz played by Marlon Brando who make himself a god type figure somewhere in Camodia. This film also has a small but great performance from Robert Duvall with that awesome line "I love the smell of napalm in the morning". The film follows Willard traveling up the river with a group of people, they encounter tigers, even playmates on a stage. This film is truly great and needs to be experienced on a big t.v screen or movie screen. The performances are great the story is great. There are also some eerie moments in this film. Some scenes with Brando are truly mind blowing and strange, and very sinister. This film is true experience of greatness and ranks with up there with Copolla's best, not quite the heights of the Godfather movies but it comes close. How this film didn't win best picture in 1979 at the Oscars is beyond me. I highly recommend this true masterpiece