The Best of the Vietnam movies.

Rating: Null/10 (1 March 1999)

Full Metal Jacket is the best of the string of Vietnam films that came out in the late '80's. Kubrick's war film follows a group of recruits from boot to bush, and for the most part it's pretty real. The boot camp scenes are as close you'll ever get apart from joining the Marines. Part of this is thanks in part to R. Lee Ermey's portrayal of a hard ass drill sargent. He is loud, vulgar, and very angry. Kubrick puts you into the shoes of a recruit and lets Ermey shout and berate you. A friend of mine went into the Marines a while back. I asked him about boot and Full Metal Jacket. He said it was exactly like the movie. Credit Stanley Kubrick for making a film that pulls no punches with what it's like to live the life of a Marine Corps recruit.