"7.62 millimeter...Full...Metal...Jacket"

Rating: 10/10 (9 June 2008)

One of the most memorable Vietnam movies ever made.
Full Metal Jacket is divided into 2 parts: The first half is boot camp, in which the sadistic drill sergeant, Gunnery Sgt. Hartman (R. Lee Ermey) tortures people like the protagonist, Pvt. Joker (Matthew Modine), his good friend Pvt. Cowboy (Arliss Howard) and poor Gomer Pyle (Vincent D'Onofrio). Hartman just mentally rips Pyle to pieces, but it is interesting to watch how he does so and how he runs his camp.
The second half deals with Joker being IN the war as a photojournalist. He and Rafterman (Kevyn Major Howard) go around the front, interviewing different soldiers until they come across Eightball's (Dorian Harewood) platoon, there they meet Animal Mother (Adam Baldwin), a tough killing machine who mainly just follows his superiors. Joker is also reunited with Cowboy.
There was a lot of memorable scenes and quotes in Full Metal Jacket. And a very nice music score. You cannot watch this movie without taking something with you from it.
War movie fans should not miss this one.
10/10.