In my opinion the best Nam movie

Rating: 9/10 (18 December 2002)

Platoon is a very good film and inside the top five of that decade. The film is about new recruit Chris Taylor(Charlie Sheen)who comes to Vietnam and witneses the harsh realities of war. Sheen excells in the role of Chris Taylor,trying to keep his innocence in a place with no innocence.He is also helped by the fact he has a strong supporting cast in Willem Dafoe as Sgt.Elias and Tom Berenger as Sgt.Barnes,both of whom got oscar nominated. This movie has a boost by the fact that the director was a soldier in the vietnam war,Oliver Stone used his knowledge of the war to pen a great script and then direct a great movie. Many believe that Apocalypse Now is the best Nam movie but Platoon`s emotional message gets across much easier and it is not as weird as Apocalypse Now,Platoon isn`t like that and Nam may not have been like that,remember Stone was there he knows what happened. The combat scenes are incredibly realistic and the movie has touching scenes. Another standout is the films main theme tune the Adagio for Strings,it matches everything about the film and touches anyone. Platoon is a great film and in my opinion the best Vietnam movie to date.
10/10