Incredibly powerful film from Director, Brian De Palma!

Rating: 8/10 (1 February 2003)

I recently saw this film at my college which had a discussion session about the film afterwords. Starring Micheal J. Fox and Sean Penn, Casualties Of War was a very thought provoking and disturbing motion picture from director Brian De Palma. Taking place during the Vietnam War, it's the story of a group of soldiers whom kidnap, and 4 out of 5 of them rape a Vietnamese woman. Fox plays the one soldier who refuses to rape the woman. In fact, he eventually turns his fellow soldiers in for the rape and murder of an innocent Vietnamese woman. Steller performances from the entire cast make this motion picture a fine one. Great direction from Brian De Palma also helps to elevate this film. I was very impressed with it's dialogue and good acting. Other stars of note in this film are John Leguizamo, John C. Reilly, Ving Rhames, and Dale Dye. This is one of the best war films that I have ever seen. I strongly recommend it for it's challenging the very concept of war and it's affects on soldiers. ***1/2