#1 tearjerker which is good

Rating: 9/10 (27 October 2005)

De Niro stars as Michael, a Pensylvanian steelworker who is also a Deer Hunter that goes into the Vietnam War with his buddies Nick (Christopher Walken in an Oscar winning performance) and Steven (John Savage). After the Vietnam War, just Michael returns home and finds everything has changed all because of his return. Nick is still back in Saigon obsessed with Russian roulette and getting drugged. Michael finds Steven in a hospital without his legs and learns that Nick is sending money to Steven from Saigon. Then Michael decides to go back to Saigon and find Nick.
This has definitely got me to cry and it is true. I could not believe when he found Steven in the hospital. I think the film was more about the Russian roulette. It packs an emotional wallop. This film is full of courage. The music score is very moving. I would have liked to have seen more of the Vietnam War in this movie to give us some facts but it won best picture that year so it does not matter if you need the facts. A 9.6/10.