A heart wrenching drama.

Rating: Null/10 (11 May 1999)

There is a moment in "Platoon", which still hurts to watch every time. It takes place in a village when a platoon of soldiers in Vietnam storm a civilian village. The soldiers don't know whether or not their enemies are hiding in the village. Seconds later, an angry Vietnamese woman yells at the American soldiers, claiming that nobody has done anything wrong. Her husband is being held in question, and her daughter is yelling with the other children at the American soldiers. Then, out of anger, the American sergeant draws his gun and shoots the woman dead. This scene has caused me to cry my eyes out every time! It is one of the saddest things I have ever seen on a film! Even now, just writing about it brings tears to my eyes. It is here that the question of morality and tragedy are brought into view. And that is really what Oliver Stone's "Platoon" is all about. Morality. This film is not easy to watch, not that it should be! You want to really see what a painful place war is, without the use of excessive and unnecessary violence, this is it! It's real, and it's raw, the way it should be! Once the main character leaves the scene at the end of the movie, we feel in equal confusion and pain as he! The only other films that brought me this close to war were "Saving Private Ryan", "Glory", and "The Deer Hunter"! This is a MUST see! MUST! Beware, you will feel bloodied and bruised physically and emotionally after watching this.