A film for promoting peace

Rating: 9/10 (12 December 2002)

One of the best films ever done in Hollywood is Platoon, which I consider more a film for peace than a war one. It shows well the cruelty of this past confrontation in Vietnam, the miseries of both rivals, the lack of morale in some of the soldiers and officers, some of them coming from poor layers of the American society. The plot is very consistent and achieves what it aims. Today (December 2002) it has not lost its lessons, new generations have still a lot to learn watching this film. In addition of the excellent work of the director Oliver Stone, it is also important to acknowledge the serious work of Willen Dafoe, Tom Berenger and Charlie Sheen, perhaps in his best performance. Fighting scenes were conducted very accurately, sometimes one may feel that you are inside them and risking also your life. The environment was the typical tropical one, vegetation, landscape, etc.