The easy part is getting there

Rating: 10/10 (13 October 1998)

Coppola's haunting tale of a US Army Captain's journey up a river on orders to "terminate" a US Colonel who has gone insane.
The story is an adaptation of Joseph Conrad's 'Heart of Darkness', set during the Vietman War. Willard (Sheen) describes his physical and psychological journey in search of the enigmatic Kurtz (Brando). Travelling to the heart of the jungle, Willard discovers how Kurtz has gained his position of power and influence over the local savages. Willard's struggle to fathom his experience involves him in a radical questioning of not only his own nature and values but the nature and values of his society.