Legacy of Platoon

Rating: 10/10 (20 May 2016)

I own the Blu-ray version of this movie and watched it some time ago but can't find it right now. It's somewhere in the closet and I write this review by memory. I don't remember what director Oliver Stone said in his commentary; actor Charlie Sheen made his great debut with "Platoon" (1986) but I don't remember whether he had a featurette in the Blu-ray disk. Hence young generation now-a-days are not prompt to watch Blu-ray, they have everything on-line. Valuable detail from IMDb - the Film was shot at locations in Luzon, Philippines. It's all Jungle there, after all!
Have other things. Me and Charlie Sheen are one and the same age. I know the spirit of 1980s and although I made first step in U.S.A. at year 1990, I can declare that we lived "happy as pigs in those times" /citation not mine/. I have to confess that I didn't stay and came back home, but my brother have a breed in America and my nephew is an American. Those young people have to know, but unfortunately I can't speak to Sam very often.
The Vietnamese population are Buddhist by religion. Almost 90% of those are dumb found. They didn't understood that War Inc. was imposed on them by Great Powers. Soviet Union and Communist China did well in Vietnam, they dragged the Americans for whole 10 years and bleeded them 50 000 troopers. More were lost as P.O.W. and no one can figure the exact number. Total deployment of U.S.A. and Allies were 500 000 soldiers. My personal opinion is that drafting procedure was a total shame - what do you mean by every odd number in Birth Certificate becoming a conscript. Else, many people doved.
A share in documentary literature are the, so called, "Pentagon Papers" on United States Vietnam Relations 1945-1967. Issued by U.S. Department of Defense, commissioned by Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara. Those "Pentagon Papers" became a banned book since revealing Congressional Records. Things like that. Enjoy it!