The greatest, most harrowing war film of all time.

Rating: 10/10 (27 June 2002)

Platoon is a film that isn't just about America's involvement in Vietnam, it's about the total and utter horror of war, irrespective of nation.
This film crosses boundaries in a way that Apocalypse Now, Full Metal Jacket, and any number of peer films do not. The voice over and haunting classical music seer the humanity, and converesly the sheer in-humanity of war into the viewer's soul.
The total madness of war, even if one thinks it's justified, is presented to us, and as we find out, jingoistic rhetoric is easy to spout (and unfortunately follow), but it's the harsh truths of the battle field that make people realise what bollocks politicians talk while ordinary, everyday folks die.
A superb piece of social commentary, not just on the Vietnam debacle, but also a warning for the future, and please believe me I am not knocking the USA in any way. It is simply a superb film.