One of the strongest war movies ever made.

Rating: 10/10 (22 November 2016)

This is one of the best movies of 80's, and one of the strongest, most influential movies ever made. I was very young when I first saw it and it had a very strong, moving influence on me that have stayed to this day. I saw it today again, it was a while since last time, but I'd never thought it would move me, shake me and still have such a strong influence on me still today as hardened and weathered as I am today. It really depicts the hell on a personal level as few war movies has ever done since. It is a movie that has an educational value for each and everyone today that has an interest in what war does to a human being and the scars it leaves on both sides, and shows the hell like it really is. In that way it is really understandable why it was so controversial and shook the establishment as it did when it released. Many of the famous actors we see today basically made their real debut in this movie and it is interesting in that way too. Tom Berenger and Willem Dafoe are spectacular as the two main adversaries of the story, and each and every one of the cast portrays their characters in a great way. If you have any interest in modern history, war and how it affects people this is a must see for anyone, not least the younger generations that wants to know about the pain and hell real war really is. A masterpiece.