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18/08/1989 Drama, History, War 1h 53m
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Even in war… murder is murder.

Overview

During the Vietnam War, a soldier finds himself the outsider of his own squad when they unnecessarily kidnap a female villager.

  1. Brian De Palma

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Michael J. Fox

    Private Eriksson

  2. Sean Penn

    Sgt. Tony Meserve

  3. Don Harvey

    Cpl. Thomas E. Clark

  4. John C. Reilly

    Private Herbert Hatcher

  5. John Leguizamo

    Private Antonio Diaz

  6. Thuy Thu Le

    Oanh

  7. Erik King

    Brown

  8. Jack Gwaltney

    Rowan

  9. Ving Rhames

    Lt. Reilly

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak
Written by Wuchak on 2020-09-18
_**Beautiful and brutal, artistic and ugly**_

Based on a true story, the arrogant sergeant (Sean Penn) of a 5-man squad on a reconnaissance mission in Vietnam in November, 1966, decides to kidnap a Vietnamese farm girl for some “portable R&R” because it would be "good for the morale of the squad." But PFC Eriksson (Michael J. Fox) refuses to participate and fears being “killed In Action” for dissenting.

“Casualties of War” (1989) separates itself from other Vietnam War movies by focusing on the incident at hand, including the build-up and aftermath. Its uniqueness is augmente...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$22,500,000.00

Revenue
$18,671,317.00

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