The Most Powerful Vietnam War Movie - Period.

Rating: 9/10 (18 August 2000)

There have been several excellent war films about the Vietnam war, but this one is by far the most powerful. Full Metal Jacket dealt with the pressures the young troops had cope with before being shipped out to war, and Apocalypse Now centered its attention on Marlon Brando's and Martin Sheen's characters - but Platoon is far more realistic and shocking then both of those films. Oliver Stone constantly bombards you with graphic images and emotions never displayed on film at that point in time. It is a true depiction of what the Vietnam war (or any war for that matter) was - a mistake. Willem Dafoe and Tom Berenger literally fight for the viewers innocence - and you feel like you're thrown right into the middle of the battle. An amazing achievement.