War changes everyone

Rating: 9/10 (30 May 2000)

I lost three friends in Vietnam. When my friend who was green beret came home the summer of 1967 he described the war to me. This movie has everything in it from the night watches to the drug activity. My friend went back for a second tour and died in 1968. Charlie Sheen plays everyman in this film and he watches how war makes some men heroes and other animals. Bereger and Dafoe are good examples of how men change. Oliver Stone has done a great service by depicting the war as it really was. In my opinion this is the best Vietnam movie ever made.