Best portrayal of Vietnam War ever made.

Rating: 10/10 (24 July 2001)

"Apocalypse Now" and "The Deer Hunter" come close, but "Platoon" is the best Vietnam war movie made bar none. Oliver Stone's supposedly autobiographical account of two sergeants, Elias (Willem Dafoe) and Barnes (Tom Berenger), who fight over seemingly everything, is moving and has many memorable scenes throughout the movie. Charlie Sheen is a man who foolishly offers to join the army without being drafted and pays dearly for his mistake. Sheen, Dafoe, Berenger, and many others give great performances that give the movie a horrific feel. If you look closely, you can actually see Oliver Stone make a cameo near the end of the film as a general that gets blown up by a kamikaze Vietcong Soldier with a bomb on his back. Very good film - 10/10.