DeNiro at his best

Rating: 9/10 (5 May 2003)

The quintessential DeNiro role, to which only Jake Lamotta in Raging Bull can compare, the Deer Hunter is a truly classic rendition on the destruction that the Vietnam War causes to a small community.
Excellently supported by perhaps Christopher Walken's best performance, this gets better the more times you see it. The Russian Roulette scene is truly harrowing, and never loses this impact despite now being 25 years old.