The first casualty of war is innocence....

Rating: 8/10 (14 October 2005)

Relentless. Shocking and totally totally amazing. Platoon is Oliver Stone's chilling vision of the Vietnam War, something he knew all about as he was part of it all. The ants that might just riddle you to death. The ambushes. The night watches that went wrong and this film doesn't paint a pretty picture. The platoon is a small hostile family of testosterone junkies who want nothing more than to kill the "gook b****rds." They don't give in to bargaining, they don't take any s**t and they are hard as nails. So when Charlie Sheen is thrown into the flames he is in for a shock as he seems to be the only one with a bone in him called remorse and shame. So when he comes to blows with Tom Berenger, the hard as nails (think I said that once) commander who likes to kill everything he sees, the fireworks certainly fly, ending in a huge battle of courage and survival. That doesn't really tell you much, it is just a bunch of words, well I can only say tat if you are a die hard war movie fan watch it. It is truly worth it.