In Vietnam the Wind Doesn't Blow, It Sucks

Rating: Null/10 (23 November 1998)

The duality of man, indeed. Duality permeates this movie, its characters and dialogue. The very structure of the film is divided into two parts. Almost no line or character is one-dimensional. Everything and everyone has two meanings.
Are you phony-tough or crazy-brave? Or both? Or neither? Use the experiences in FMJ to explore this question. Do you have a war face and what does it look like? Can you be born to kill and still desire peace?
Because Kubrick poses these questions and provides no answers (because the answer will be different for every person) many people feel FMJ has no point, or is vague. But it is because he refuses to lead you that this is indeed the greatest war movie ever made... the greatest movie to make you THINK about war.
Watch it, and ask yourself, not what does Kubrick think, but what do I think?