Platoon

Rating: 9/10 (15 September 2005)

Based on his own experiences in it, Oscar, BAFTA and Golden Globe winning director/writer Oliver Stone decided that he should create a representation of the war in Vietnam from what he can remember of it, obviously mixed with a story. Basically Charlie Sheen as Pvt. Chris Taylor helps lead a team of soldiers into the country to fight against all the enemies that they can find. They suffer losing men, trying to help them, arguing about stuff, e.g. betrayal, and much more incidences. Sheen looks exactly like his Dad (Martin, who was in the Vietnam film Apocalypse Now) and he is the best in the film. Accompanying him are Golden Globe winning, and Oscar nominated Tom Berenger as Sgt. Bob Barnes, Oscar nominated Willem Dafoe as Sgt. Elias Grodin, Forest Whitaker as Big Harold, young Johnny Depp in his third film as Pvt. Gator Lerner and Candyman's Tony Todd as Sgt. Warren. It won the Oscar for Best Film Editing, Best Sound and Best Picture, and it was nominated Best Cinematography and Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen for Stone, it won the BAFTA for Best Editing, and it was nominated for Best Cinematography, and it won the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture - Drama, and it was nominated for Best Screenplay. It was number 72 on 100 Years, 100 Thrills, it was number 6 on The 100 Greatest War Films, and it was number 83 on 100 Years, 100 Movies. Very good!