1945's Platoon!

Rating: 7/10 (20 April 2015)

This film is great in parts and a bit long winded in others. Pitt is excellent in the role of war weary sergeant and gives a gutsy performance. Shia Labeouf is good, Pena and Bernthal are OK, but the best acting is by the young Logan Lerman in the roll of 'Norman'. I feel this film would have been better condensed into 90 minutes, instead of the 2 hour 14 minutes it ended up as. The length of some of the scenes is unnecessary, and in the tension of war you expect something to happen, but it doesn't most of the time.
This is not a pretty film in many scenes and the blood and guts may upset the weak willed, but for those of you who like that kind of film, then this film is a must.
When it ends, see if you think.......'Platoon'.