Incredible Film

Rating: 9/10 (3 August 2015)

Though a good portion of this film was not included in the final cut for this release, it stands as one of the most amazing visual feats of our time. I do prefer the later released "Redux"for its expansion on the themes on the history of the Euro American involvement in Viet Nam, but this original effectively delivers its message, through archetypal characters, amazing imagery, and hard driving plot that carries the viewer from hell to insanity. Since the first time I saw "Apocolypse Now" I am still awed by the opening helicopter/ceiling fan/napalm sequence. Its crafted to perfection, or so I thought before seeing "Redux," which takes the principles and assertions of the original and turns them up to ELEVEN... or One Hundred really.