Realistic portrayal of war and being dehumanized

Rating: Null/10 (5 January 2001)

Although most of the other reviews will tell you the basic story,i'll skip that and just tell you about why i liked it.R lee emery gives an outstanding preformance as the drill instructor from hell,he's so believable that you can tell he was a drill instructor in real life.The marines lose their identity once they're training and become so desensitized to violence that its scary.Also Vincent d'onofrio's preformance is sad and humourous at the same time he induce's sympathy which is rare in films like these.Full metal jacket's only flaw is the second half of the movie drags on a bit,i was expecting more battlefield action but,all up this is a very enjoyable movie which i highly recommend.