No prisoners ...

Rating: 9/10 (4 April 2007)

That's what the movie does with you and anyone who watches it. There is a kind of no-holds barred feeling to it. And it's more than believable coming from a man who's been there (Vietnam) and has done his time ...
Oliver Stone sure knows how to make a movie about war, especially one about the Vietnam war. Although he was a somewhat acclaimed writer before Platoon (think of the Scarface script he did for Brian De Palma), this movie marked his real beginning to cult director and known celebrity. And this movie or the making of it is filled with beautiful trivia, which you can find here at IMDb. But even without those stories, it's a remarkable film, that anyone who has the slightest interest in war movies should watch! Nuff said! :o)