An exceptionally strong film, but a must watch for everyone born after 1970

Rating: 8/10 (24 November 2015)

I always found it odd that people spoke about PTS - it was only after watching Platoon that I truly realised what PTS is. The film shows us the kind of atrocities simple people like you and me carry out when in a war like situation that they are simply not prepared for. The same is perhaps also true for people in riots, civil strife and similar occurrences. The way their inner conscience probably eats them up every living day, once they are out of the situation, is what Platoon reminds us of.
Set in the Vietnam war, Platoon traces out the experiences of a young enlisted soldier. Mostly based on the director's own experiences in Vietnam, the movie reminds us in an honest yet gruesome manner the worst of war - and that there is nothing else to war.
"Platoon" should be mandatory viewing for every US, French and British diplomat and army man. Perhaps then they may learn something and we may have a world with a few less wars "created" by nations such as theirs.
Warning: The movie is heavy in content. I had to watch it in a few separate sittings simply to preserve my own sanity!