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19/12/1986 Drama, War, Action 2h 0m
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The first casualty of war is innocence.

Overview

As a young and naive recruit in Vietnam, Chris Taylor faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.

  1. Oliver Stone

    Director, Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Charlie Sheen

    Chris Taylor

  2. Willem Dafoe

    Sergeant Elias Grodin

  3. Tom Berenger

    Sergeant Robert "Bob" Barnes

  4. Kevin Dillon

    Bunny

  5. Forest Whitaker

    Big Harold

  6. Mark Moses

    Lieutenant Wolfe

  7. Keith David

    King

  8. Richard Edson

    Sal

  9. Francesco Quinn

    Rhah

  10. View more

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Reviews

A review by Filipe Manuel Neto
Written by Filipe Manuel Neto on 2023-12-26
**A film with a good script and good characters, but which exaggerates some things and is as anti-war as almost all films about Vietnam.**

The Vietnam War is one of the most brutal conflicts the US was involved in the 20th century, and one of the first wars that Americans lost. Following the expulsion of the Japanese and the end of French colonization in the region, the effort to help democratic South Vietnam to survive the invasion by its northern neighbor, a pawn at the orders of the USSR, resulted in a bloodbath that it leaves dents in the American mentality. That's why there are several...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$6,000,000.00

Revenue
$138,530,565.00

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