Definitely a hidden-gem!!!

Rating: 9/10 (2 February 2020)

I will always remember this movie for the fantastic screenplay...specifically the shot where helicopters close-in on a beach in Vietnam!!!
There is not much of a storyline to this one but it is about how this movie portrays the many emotions of the human experience...war, it's futility, how it plays nasty games with even the most decorated and capable officers!!!
The cameo by Marlon Brando is top-drawer...although I was expecting a meatier role by him...the protagonist (Martin Sheen) also pulls out a superb performance...the starting sequence with Doors song (This is the End) playing in the background is one for the ages!!!
Watch this movie not for the script/acting/direction...but for the human frailties which seldom find space in mainstream cinema!!!