Platoon

Starring:Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Charlie Sheen, Keith David, Johnny Depp, Kevin Dillon, Richard Edson, Corkey Ford, J. Adam Glover, Reggie Johnson, Ivan Kane, John C. McGinley, Mark Moses, David Neidorf, Chris Pedersen, Francesco Quinn, Paul Sanchez (II), Tony Todd, Forest Whitaker
Studio: Live / Artisan
Product Type: DVD

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Platoon put writer-turned-director Oliver Stone on the Hollywood map; it is still his most acclaimed and effective film, probably because it is based on Stone's firsthand experience as an American soldier in Vietnam. Chris (Charlie Sheen) is an infantryman whose loyalty is tested by two superior officers: Sergeant Elias (Willem Dafoe), a former hippie humanist who really cares about his men (this was a few years before he played Jesus in Martin Scorsese's The Last Temptation of Christ), and Sergeant Barnes (Tom Berenger), a moody, macho soldier who may have gone over to the dark side. The personalities of the two sergeants correspond to their combat drugs of choice--pot for Elias and booze for Barnes. Stone has become known for his sledgehammer visual style, but in this film it seems perfectly appropriate. His violent and disorienting images have a terrifying immediacy, a you-are-there quality that gives you a sense of how things may have felt to an infantryman in the jungles of Vietnam. Platoon won Oscars for best picture and director. --Jim Emerson

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Winner* of 4 Academy AwardsÂ(r), including Best Picture, and based on the first-hand experience of OscarÂ(r)-winning** director Oliver Stone, Platoon is powerful, intense and starkly brutal. "Harrowingly realistic and completely convincing" (Leonard Maltin), it is "a dark, unforgettable memorial" (The Washington Post) to every soldier whose innocence was lost in the war-torn jungles of Vietnam. Chris Taylor (Charlie Sheen) is a young, naive American who, upon his arrival in Vietnam, quickly discovers that he must do battle not only with the Viet Cong, but also with the gnawing fear, physical exhaustion and intense anger growing within him. While his two commanding officers (OscarÂ(r)-nominated*** Tom Berenger and Willem Dafoe) draw a fine line between the war they wage against the enemy and the one they fight with each other, the conflict, chaos and hatred permeate Taylor, suffocating his realities and numbing his feelings to man's highest value life.

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A Movie That Anti-War Media Loved!.......2007-06-04

First off, this film is fiction and what happened in the movie is not totally square with the facts of this war nor does it protray Vietnam veterans as they really were. It is a liberal attempt to justify their anti-war stance and to show America and the world that all of us Vietnam veterans were out murdering people and burning villages. The plot of this movie does not fly - and yet so may people think this is one of the best war films ever made. It shows what people think of that war and what they wish to keep believing about the men who fought it.

This film helps feed the media's image of crazzy veterans. I was offended by the movie but even more so by the huge reception it has gotten as a "realistic movie" about the war. They could have filmed this at Berkeley and cast the actors from the Cal student body.

I know it is just a movie but it serves no veteran - and is not healing for this nation. It is a very popular film, there is no doubt about it - and the acting is done well. The action is realistic in the battle scenes - but it is plot and the message of the film that gets in the way of me viewing this as nothing more than another attempt to make veterans look bad. I am not against anti-war films - I am just against films that demean the images of veterans.

I served my tour of duty in Nam from October 1966- October 1967 - I was wounded and saw my fair share of combat as a crew-chief/ door-gunner on a Huey. I have been helping my fellow veterans now for 3 decades trying to adjust from that war and our poor welcome back home - this film hurts that effort and is an insult!

Do us all a favor and do not buy this film and enrich those who made this propaganda. Reach out and help those veterans coming home from this war on terrorism - they are in need of your support! Let us not do to them what this country did to us Nam veterans!

POLITICS IN JUNGLE BOOTS - A VIETNAM WAR DEPICTION THROUGH MOVIES.......2007-06-01

BY: Fernando de Mello Pimentel

The world we see today, thrusted by a globalized set of integrated political and commercial trading practices, is arguably very dissimilar from the bi-polarized and ideologically lugubrious background of the 20th Century's post World War II years, also known as the "Cold War". At a time when an imaginary line divided the globe in two geopolitical blocks -the capitalist and socialist -, the United States and the former U.S.S.R where the two major players at the chessboard in charge of the strategy for the rest of the World's fate. Both sides designated what was known at the time as their "Spheres of Influence", which in practical terms meant that strategic alliances with other ideologically close countries were drawn with the sole purpose of achieving world-wide domination. Such concept was clearly materialized with the construction of the Berlin Wall (1961-1989), also known as "Iron Curtain", which literarally divided the world into zones of capitalist and communist ideologies.

America's role at the time was to secure the deployment of capitalist economical aid, political influence and military support to other areas of the world in detriment of Soviet communist regime expansion, and vice-versa. The Cuban Missile Crisis (1962), the wars of Korea (1950-1953), Vietnam (1959-1975) and the Soviet-Afghan (1979-1989) and the constant and widespread fear of nuclear annihilation - at the verge of a massive arms race - were all under the spotlight of world foreign affair policies promoted by both parties. The Vietnam War was perhaps one of the most intriguing outcomes of this conflicted era. It has been increasingly depicted in countless hollywood productions and television series ever since the mid 70's.

Debuting in 1978, in this sphere of cinematographic story telling, is Michael Cimino's epic "The Deer Hunter", which describes the friendship of 3 Pennsylvania steel workers of Rusyn ancestry. As strong and realistic as this tale is, perhaps no other film is as psychological and nerve-wrecking as Francis Ford Coppola's "Apocalypse Now", with its intense narrative about an american special forces elite soldier having gone totally insane in the jungles of south asia and having decided to take matters by his own hands and methods. This 1979 motion picture has stirred up audiences around the globe by portraying the horrors of war and its tormenting effects on both civilians and military personnel. Embracing all of this chaotic nature is the fictional Nung River, which metaphorically stands for Colonel Kurtz's gradual but irreversible psychological navigation towards a derranging stream of consciousness which undeniably led him to cross over to the dark side of mental sanity.

While "The Deer Hunter" was a film about friendship ties dilacerated by mental breakdown caused by imprisonment in Vietnamese P.O.W camps and the unbearable hardships of coming home, and "Apocalypse Now" was a harshly psychological metaphor for military desertion and misconduction of War, Oliver Stone's 1986 auto-biographical "Platoon" is the definite account on the sheer loss of innocence every young enlisted man underwent during his tour of duty. In the movie, Stone explores the 25th Infantry Division's Bravo Company Platoon as a microcosm which emblematizes the Pentagon's controversial and misleading military policy to restrain communist expansion in southeast asia.

Political and ideological clashes erupt between the outfit's two main leaders - Staff Sergeant Barnes and Sergeant Elias - triggering a polarizing conflict within the platoon which precipitates the decay of morale. The inoperative Lieutenant Wolfe is incapable of controlling the ongoing joust within his group. His total lack of authority over the platoon is accurately portrayed throughout the movie and is somehow Stone's testimony on America's incompetence in directing the war.

Politics is a recurring theme in "Platoon" which uncompromisingly displays the military's unquenchable thirst for power. While Sergeant Barnes is the personification of the ambitious quest for unlimited power, Sergeant O'Neil represents a submissive class of `boot-licking" scoundrels who will give unconditional support to their superior officers in exchange of personal benefits. On the extreme opposite end lies Sergeant Elias, a hippie humanist who cares for his fellow men as if they were his own blood. Elias is an authentic crusader who has been in country long enough - at least three complete tours - to become completely acquainted to the devastating sub-products of war and thus form a solid contrary opinion about it - traces of pacifism can actually be inferred by his non-violent behaviour and clear pursuit of escapism. His natural leadership skills spontaneously blossom as he constantly finds himself supporting and coaching rookies who have just been freshly shipped into the combat zone. On the other hand, Sergeant Barnes gains similar respect from his men by casting terror among both foes and friendlies - which pretty much builds his reputation on being feared. Although morally distinct in character, both leaders are equally sharp on combat skills and military tactics.

In addition to the testimonial nature of the film, "Platoon" is also renowned for its scenes of graphic and verbal violence which have been warmly captured by Stone while in duty. "Platoon" is arguably one of the most authentic and visceral movies to depict the tragedies and misfortunes of an entire generation of Americans living during the cold-war era. It also realistically depicts the crude "Politics in Jungle Boots" of a nation struggling to find its role in a Post-World War II nazi-fascist free world.

***** - A CINEMATOGRAPHIC MASTERPIECE!!!

Greatest Vietnam movie of all time!.......2007-05-26

I'm a huge fan of war movies, especially vietnam era ones. Probably because I've been in war and I like to see it depicted on film. This movie does a wonderful job of showing what the vietnam war was like through one particular army platoon. Now I read several reviews that discredited this movie becuase it didn't depict the various men serving in vietnam in a good military manner and I will say that Stone does highlight the drugs and insubordination alot but that stuff did go, a good bit from what I've read and heard from vets. lets face it, people want to see action and drama, not boring robot, do what your told all the time, every time. No matter what people might say, I still think this is an awesome movie and a must see for ANYONE.

The Nightmare of War.......2007-05-24

I have watched Platoon more than any other war movie. So much so that I've had to give it a rest over the last few years.
Why is it so good?
Perhaps because it is the most realistic (certainly Vietnam) war movie ever made. Its based on Oliver Stones own experiences in Vietnam. Now I doubt whether there were actually two so clearly good and bad characters, as represented by Willem Dafoe and Tom Beringer in the film, but it is the spark between these two that creates much of the films atmosphere.
There are quite a few scenes in this film, such as when the Charlie Sheen character wakes up in the middle of the night (in the jungle), that are wonderfully done. You really get an idea of just how scary being a soldier might be.
I'm also sure that the film would not not have been as successful as it was, without its marvellous soundtrack. Most noteably Samuel Barbers 'Adagio for Strings'. This piece of music alone adds an extra dimension to the scenes it is used in. A very haunting and sad piece of music.
The ending of the film is perhaps the only weak point, but it is a minor quibble about a very powerful and moving film.

ONE OF THE BEST WAR PICTURES EVER MADE!.......2007-05-13

This film has been copied so many times,but never duplicated. I have never been to war, so I do not know if it is a realistic view of it. It is still a great film that leaves you thinking in silence as the credits role.

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A Movie That Anti-War Media Loved!
POLITICS IN JUNGLE BOOTS - A VIETNAM WAR DEPICTION THROUGH MOVIES
Greatest Vietnam movie of all time!
The Nightmare of War
ONE OF THE BEST WAR PICTURES EVER MADE!

Platoon (Collector's Edition Steelbook)
Starring: Tom Berenger , Andrew B. Clark , Willem Dafoe , Keith David , and Johnny Depp
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Winner* of 4 Academy Awards(r), including Best Picture, and based on the first-hand experience of Oscar(r)-winning** director Oliver Stone, Platoon is powerful, intense and starkly brutal. "Harrowingly realistic and completely convincing" (Leonard Maltin), it is "a dark, unforgettable memorial" (The Washington Post) to every soldier whose innocence was lost in the war-torn jungles of Vietnam. Chris Taylor (Charlie Sheen) is a young, naive American who, upon his arrival in Vietnam, quickly discovers that he must do battle not only with the Viet Cong, but also with the gnawing fear, physical exhaustion and intense anger growing within him. While his two commanding officers (Oscar(r)-nominated*** Tom Berenger and Willem Dafoe) draw a fine line between the war they wage against the enemy and the one they fight with each other, the conflict, chaos and hatred permeate Taylor, suffocating his realities and numbing his feelings to man's highest value life.

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A Movie That Anti-War Media Loved!.......2007-06-04

POLITICS IN JUNGLE BOOTS - A VIETNAM WAR DEPICTION THROUGH MOVIES.......2007-06-01

Greatest Vietnam movie of all time!.......2007-05-26

The Nightmare of War.......2007-05-24

ONE OF THE BEST WAR PICTURES EVER MADE!.......2007-05-13

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War is a bore
Great scenes, so-so movie.
A $1 rental
No reason for this movie
exceptionally bad

Jarhead (Widescreen Edition)
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal , Scott MacDonald , Peter Sarsgaard , Lo Ming , and Jamie Foxx
Director: Sam Mendes
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Based on Anthony Swofford's excellent memoir about his experiences as a Marine Sniper in Gulf War I, Jarhead is a war movie in which the waiting is a far greater factor upon the characters than the war itself, and the build up to combat is more drama than what combat is depicted. To some viewers hoping for typical movie action, this will seem like a cruel joke. But it's not. It's just the story as it was written, and if you liked the book, you will probably like the movie. If you didn't, then the movie won't change your mind.

The movie follows the trajectory of Swofford (played with thoughtful intensity by Jake Gyllenhaal) from wayward Marine recruit (he joined because he "got lost on the way to college") to skilled Marine sniper, and on into the desert in preparation for the attack on Iraq. No-nonsense, Marine-for-life Staff Sgt. Sykes (Jamie Foxx), the man who recruited Swofford and his spotter Troy (Peter Sarsgaard) into the sniper team, leads them in training, and in waiting where their lives are dominated by endless tension, pointless exercises in absurdity (like playing football in the scorching heat of the desert in their gas masks so it will look better for the media's TV cameras), more training, and constant anticipation of the moment to come when they'll finally get to kill. When the war does come, it moves too fast for Swofford's sniper team, and the one chance they get at a kill--to do the one thing they've trained so hard and waited so long for--eludes them, leaving them to wonder what was the point of all they had endured.

As directed by Sam Mendes (American Beauty), the movie remains very loyal to the language and vision of the book, but it doesn't entirely work as the film needs something more than a literal translation to bring out its full potential. Mendes's stark and, at times, apocalyptic visuals add a lot and strike the right tone: wide shots of inky-black oil raining down on the vast, empty desert from flaming oil wells contrasted with close-ups of crude-soaked faces struggling through the mire vividly bring to life the meaning of the tagline "welcome to the suck." But much of the second half of the movie will probably leave some viewers feeling disappointed in the cinematic experience, while others might appreciate its microcosmic depiction of modern chaos and aimlessness. Jarhead is one of those examples where the book is better than the movie, but not for lack of trying. --Dan Vancini

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Academy Award winner Jamie Foxx and Jake Gyllenhaal star in this critically acclaimed, brilliantly unconventional war story from Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes.

Jarhead (the self-imposed moniker of the Marines) follows Swoff (Gyllenhaal) from a sobering stint in boot camp to active duty, where he sports a sniper rifle through Middle East deserts that provide no cover from the heat or Iraqi soldiers. Swoff and his fellow Marines sustain themselves with sardonic humanity and wicked comedy on blazing desert fields in a country they don't understand against an enemy they can't see for a cause they don't fully grasp.

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War is a bore.......2007-06-21

Anthony "Swoff" Swofford served in Gulf War One, and then came home to write about it. His gripping book, "Jarhead: A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles," was quickly optioned to be a movie. Where the book captures the fleeting explosions of adrenaline that briefly hits you between countless days of tedium, the film version really loads up the tedium.

Really, this uninspiring true-life take on being a soldier may be the most honest take on war ever filmed. There are no heroics. No moments of raging brilliance to stop an enemy. Just hot sweaty men in a desert, scared as hell and maybe bored beyond it. What that translates to is tedious viewing. War is the long stretches of nothing between battles, and these long stretches from the majority of "Jarhead." If you're looking for "Saving Private Ryan," "Platoon" or even "The Boys of Company C," you're not getting any of that here. "Swoff" spends his entire stay in Desert Shield to Desert Storm wondering when he will finally get the chance to use his elite sniper training to make his first kill. The kill that never comes.

"Jarhead" comes closest to mimicking the superior "Full Metal Jacket," in that the drollness of Swofford matches Private Joker in Kubrick's film. But "Jarhead" has no payoff. Theirs is a place where no point of view ever happens...what politics there are in the movie will come strictly from your own point of view. But the film itself is visually stunning, I doubt if the scene where oil rains down on Swoff's unit in the night, the desert lit only from flaming oil wells will easily be forgotten, or the horrific "highways of death" recreation. (Google that reference for the background.) Jake Gyllenhaal gives an eerie performance, the emotions bubbling under his facade. (Almost as good as his turn in "Brokeback Mountain.")

But again, I return to the movie's pace and subject matter. It really is too slow and random to be truly entertaining, and yet its lack of any real point of view makes it hard to really dig into the charachters here. Just like Swofford, you spend the duration of "Jarhead" waiting for the time when you finally see some action. The "I am always going to be a Jarhead" ending makes you wish for a deeper explanation as to why.

Great scenes, so-so movie........2007-06-04

What can you say about a movie that has so many fine ingredients? This is all the hallmarks of a great movie - great director, terrific acting, epic cinematography, relevant message. And yet without a real narrative to hang on, this is a movie about the atmosphere - in particular, the cumulative effect of atmosphere. It will depend on the viewer if that atmosphere is enough to sustain interest.
Jake Gyllenhaal is terrifically convincing as the naïve young `average young man' who joins up instead of going to college. His journey is the lynchpin of the movie, and he makes it work. He starts off in the usual drill sergeant shouting at recruits type scenes, and finally gets to the Gulf. There, the movie is about the waiting. The boredom and frustration of being built up to act, and then sit on their heels unable to act.. Problem is, in convincingly conveying the boredom and frustration of the men, the viewer is equally bored and frustrated. The war starts, and yet the frustration is never truly released for the group of marines, and in the final scenes the end is somewhat bleak to say the least. The cream of the most macho soldiers are made to look impotent.
This is a timely look at what some of the pressures must have been like - there are probably also parallels to be made with today's conflict, even though the situation is quite different. As the lead says towards the end - Every war is different - and every war is the same.
So is this enough to spend your two hours on the couch..? The answer is probably only just - there was more that could have been made of these memoirs. But accepting its flaws, its probably still interesting enough to get through - just not if you are an action junkie!

A $1 rental.......2007-05-22

I wish I had watched it before I bought it. In that it is fairly realistic so I'm told by guys who were there it dull and boring and mostly pointless. If you are looking for action go some where else.

No reason for this movie.......2007-05-16

While not a Marine veteran, I am a Gulf War veteran. And I found very little redeeming about this movie. There are only two elements of this film that were worth bringing to an international audience.

1) The "Dear John" letter board. For whatever reason, especially confusing given the shortness of this war, there seemed to be a disproportionate number of breakups and divorces among Desert Storm participants. Perhaps it just seemed that way from the inside, or because suddenly women were everywhere in a combat-zone for the first-time making it easier for soldiers to cheat (not a knock against female soldiers) or because without a draft there were so many eligible young men still left back in the states to cause trouble there. Whatever the reason, even this important statement in Jarhead was as poorly underdone as a Herfy goat burger (inside joke).

2) The other important element shown in this film was the frustration of waiting. Sitting in the desert and keyed up for 5 months with no proper outlet or release. Again, they missed their cue there. I do not believe for a second that a Marine NCO would allow his recon unit on the edge of a battlefield to behave in such an undisciplined and coarse manner. Especially in front of civilians and worse, reporters. This stinks a little bit to much of the early stages of Heartbreak Ridge before the Gunny shows up.

The main character/author is nothing short of a crybaby wimp. His is not a personality that can be suppressed throughout Boot Camp, AIT, and TIS. He should have never been in a warzone because he should never have been allowed to be a Marine. The closest this guy should have gotten to the military is by working for the Air Force MWR (another inside joke).

I see this movie as an insult to the Corps and the military at large. Its timing was very suspect. Its time of filming and release was during the early stages of Operation Iraqi Freedom, a war that is depicted by liberal Hollywood and the media as being very unpopular. Touted and sold as a patriotic celebration of our military, its really just another example of how the left "supports our troops" but cutting their feet out from under them.

exceptionally bad.......2007-05-09

Only Hollyweird could find a reason to award this steaming pile. Unrealistic cinematography. No redeeming entertainment value.

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......NOT GOOD ENOUGH!!!.....
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"Sick?!? In this war you're either healthy or dead."

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Starring: Robert Ryan , Aldo Ray , Robert Keith , Phillip Pine , and Nehemiah Persoff
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......NOT GOOD ENOUGH!!!............2007-04-20

I did not like hardly a thing about this war picture, Anthony Mann or no Anthony Mann [Director]...Robert Ryan was superb being in command of a motley squad of straggler/soldiers...even the macho Aldo Ray was a know-it-all who showed NO fear whatso ever [that included Army Officers also]...that's alot of claptrap...hip/hip/hooray for Hollywood...this stuff may have permeated US Army cadres in the field [ and in Hollywood studios] but it could never have happen with a US Marine squad of highly trained riflemen [13 Marines]...nary any semblence of discipline nor any sense of mission showed amongst the enlisted men in this drab Army movie...it was a foregone conclusion that most of them would be KIA by movies' end...I saw this movie in 1957; it never impressed me with what we,[I]saw and done in Korea with my Fleet Marine Force comrades in the field...many decades later, I review it with even more snickering hysterics...no way, GI...no way!!....Semper Fidelis....SSGT CHRIS SARNO-USMC FMF

OK Movieta.......2007-04-01

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one of the top korean war movies ,and one of the best war movies ever.......2006-06-06

this is a true overlooked masterpiece from anthony mann,and one of the finest war movies made!
1950,korea, a group of men is traped behind the lines after a retreat that goes bad. now they must make their way to a hill and the rest of their men,through the enemy lines and more traps and ambushes that you can shake a stick at. robert ryan,one of the best actors to ever grace the screen OWNS this movies as the leader of the group that is joined by a very good (maybe his best )aldo ray as a sgt. worried about his shell shocked colonel and can't stand ryan. the way they fight each other but still pull together to get "home" is the touchstone of this grim war tale that will keep you on pins till the end!! check it out!!!!!!!

GREAT QUALITY.......2006-02-08

The image and sound quality is great. It's hard to give better praise than the other reviewers. I would only add that none of solidiers portrayed fit into the stereotypes of the typical war movie. Also, Ryan and Ray give exceptional performances. Geneon [Pioneer]

"Sick?!? In this war you're either healthy or dead.".......2005-12-16

Korea. September 6, 1950. Lt. Benson (Robert Ryan) has one objective: to get what's left of his platoon out of this bloody mess alive. The rest of the army has retreated and Benson's platoon is now cut off from communication and surrounded by an unseen enemy that lurks in the trees and bushes. Benson keeps on trying to reach HQ by radio, but they get no answer. Because HQ no longer exist. Battalion doesn't exist. Regiment doesn't exist. Division doesn't exist. The USA doesn't exist. The only thing that's real to these doomed men is the hellish situation they're faced with. They know that they really don't have a chance of surviving, but they refuse to give up hope.

Their truck is busted, so they have to carry their own ammunition and supplies on their backs. But out of nowhere a U.S. jeep appears with two soldiers, one a shell-shocked colonel (Robert Keith), and the other a sergeant (Aldo Ray) who's dedicated to protecting his beloved colonel at all costs. Benson commandeers the jeep by force and uses it to haul the platoon's ammo, and the colonel and sergeant come along "for the ride." It isn't long before Benson realizes that the sergeant is an experienced combat veteran who seems to know all the tricks of the clever North Korean enemy, so he uses the sergeant to help him get his men back to American lines.

But when they come to their destination (after losing a few men to snipers, artillery, and landmines), Hill 465, they discover that it's no longer occupied by U.S. forces. Instead, the North Koreans are well entrenched and have several bunkers with multiple machine-guns. At this point, Benson has just 12 men left, and the only way to reach the American lines is to go straight through the entrenched Koreans. So he orders a suicidal frontal assault and throws everything he's got at the hill. Even the colonel and sergeant join in the assault, as it quickly becomes obvious that the only way they'll make it out alive is to work together to blow up the enemy bunkers.

1957`s "Men in War" was directed by Anthony Mann, a legendary director who could do wonders with a low budget. Already a master at film noir and psychological westerns, he also proved to be quite gifted at making a war movie. "Men in War" is very grim and has strong noir overtones. In fact, the Film Noir Bible ranks it as #55 in it's list of the most significant noir films of all time. The only thing I'd change is the ridiculous song that's played at the end, but otherwise this is a near-flawless classic, with great performances from Robert Ryan and Aldo Ray. Recently released at a bargain price from Geneon Entertainment, the picture quality is superb. The audio has some background noise in some places but is mostly excellent. Unfortunately, there are no bonus features, not even scene selection. There isn't even a menu. Still, at this low price I can't complain much. If you enjoy war movies then you'll definitely want to add this gem to your collection.

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The BEST movie that truthfully portrays the brutality of Vietnam war.
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CAST OF GREATS!!!
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Release Date: 2001-08-14

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Because it was released less than a year after Oliver Stone's Platoon and within months of Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket, this exceptionally well-made film about one of the bloodiest battles of the Vietnam War was largely overshadowed and overlooked. It's a pity, because in some respects this is the best of the Vietnam films of the late 1980s, at least in terms of the everyday authenticity it depicts. Stripped clean of dramatically extraneous narrative, the movie opts instead for a straightforward approach to its day-by-day account of one of the war's costliest victories--a deadly siege on Hill 937 in the Ashau Valley, where soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division engaged the enemy over the course of eleven brutal assaults between May 10th and 20th, 1969. The film specifically follows the 3rd Squad, 1st Platoon, a mixture of "new guys" and battle-weary "short-timers" who fought against terrifying odds and suffered a 70% casualty rate. From first scene to last, Hamburger Hill traces the rise and fall of their battle experience, from the horror of firefights to the camaraderie of men who've faced death and survived. Racial tensions flare and subside, trusts are established, and courage emerges from unexpected places. Through it all, writer Jim Carabatsos and director John Irvin maintain a purity of focus that pays tribute to the soldier's life without promoting false patriotism or gung-ho theatrics. In addition, the film features a cast full of talented and well-known actors in the early stages of their careers, including Dylan McDermott (from the TV series "The Practice") and Don Cheadle, before gaining fame in Devil in a Blue Dress and Boogie Nights. Color accuracy, image clarity, and the explosive soundtrack have been remarkably preserved in a flawless DVD transfer, lending even greater immediacy to this underrated film. --Jeff Shannon

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The BEST movie that truthfully portrays the brutality of Vietnam war........2007-06-16

The BEST movie that truthfully portrays the brutality of Vietnam war.

Many things in this movie look authentic. For example, when a Viet cong soldier hurled a grenade toward the American attackers, he swore in Vietnamese! In most of the other Vietnam war films, the support cast spoke Thailand, Chinese, or Filipino!

The battle was shown as it happened in real life. Men groaning in pain or were cut or blown into pieces by explosives right in front of me. The best thing is director John Irvin did not twist the facts to fit his political point of view like other directors. He just presented the battle as it was.

In the end this picture made me more anti-war in general than I was before. This type of movies influences me more than the fact-twisting ones like Full Metal Jacket because I know in real life, things did not unfold like that.

This DVD is on my list of Best War Movies of All Times. The others are: Saving Private Ryan, Band of Brothers, the Longest Day, the Lost Battalion, Gettysburg and Gods and Generals.

A good way to kill a few hours........2007-04-07

A good story if you like the war dramas of Full Metal Jacket, Thin Red Line, Apocalypse Now. It's just not gripping. I got more involved with the vietnam characters from Forrest Gump.

CAST OF GREATS!!!.......2007-02-27

The box doesnt even describe the cast. Thats amazing since there are a group of great actors in this movie that went on to stardom. Amazing to me watching this film was how real it was, to the point of being uncomfortable. A truly underated motion picture about Viet Nam!

These soldiers died for a noble cause.......2006-12-31

The makers of Hamburger Hill not so subtly push an antiwar theme. Nonetheless, this is still an excellent movie. Many of our soldiers in Vietnam, regrettably, did not understand why it was necessary to fight the evil Communists. When push came to shove, they fought and died on behalf of their comrades and an ambiguous sense of duty. May God bless them. Those of us who never fought for our country are especially obligated to learn about their sacrifices.

The acting and dialogue in this film are superb. And yes, it is very brutal. Little is left to the imagination. Hamburger Hill is not for the squeamish. But that's why you should see it. There are times when our military personnel must be sent into harm's way---and we need to be morally confident that it truly is required. War mongering is not consistent with our democratic values.

David Thomson
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Hamburger Hill.......2006-02-23

At first, excuse my bad american language, I'm French living in Florida (married here) for only one year and a half...
My husband is a veteran of Vietnam... the quality of this movie is perfect about colors, script. It shows the reality of that terrible war which has been controversial so much at the moment (like currently the war in Irak). This movie could be a good support (aid ?) for the youngest about the history of their country.

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Guadalcanal Diary
For its time, actually pretty accurate
Terse and violent, close in atmosphere and technique to "Wake Island".
Propaganda film
Really authentic dramaziation of the pacific war

Guadalcanal Diary
Starring: Preston Foster , Lloyd Nolan , William Bendix , Richard Conte , and Anthony Quinn
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Release Date: 2002-05-21

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This is a far cry from The Thin Red Line, but it's engaging and efficient World War II propaganda about the opening of the South Pacific campaign that would ultimately turn the tide of the war. Anxious and unsuspecting Marines land on the Solomon Islands and quickly learn how to engage the Japanese in foxhole warfare. It's full of archetypal characters (tough sergeant Lloyd Nolan, Brooklyn cabby William Bendix, lusty Mexican Anthony Quinn, and gravel-mouthed Lionel Stander) and well-staged battle scenes. There's even a battle-weary narration to provide authenticity and historical perspective. All around, a good grunt film. --Bill Desowitz

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One of the greatest war movies of all time, combining action-packed, high-caliber battle sequences with quintessential foxhole-buddy camaraderie. Released in 1943, its authenticity and power remain undiminished.

The story follows one squad of Marines through the bloody assaults on the Solomon Islands during the opening stages of the war in the South Pacific. There's the tough sergeant (Lloyd Nolan), a cab driver from Brooklyn (William Bendix), a Mexican (Anthony Quinn) and a chaplain (Preston Foster). A battle-weary narrator reads from a diary, commenting on the typical grunt's everyday life, and death. Battles and dates of engagement are named, putting the explosive action into a solid historical context.

Based on Richard Tregaski's best-selling book, the script is by renowned screenwriter Lamar Trotti, who also wrote the screenplay for the wartime classic "To the Shore of Tripoli."

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Guadalcanal Diary.......2007-03-09

This firm was advertized on Amazon as being in "color." A black and white version was delivered to me, even though I had inquired of Amazon if the film was actually "color" and Amazon had assured me that it was definitely color. I knew the film was originally in black and white, but was swayed to buy the film in the belief, as marketed, that it had been colorized, which is what I was looking for.

For its time, actually pretty accurate.......2007-01-05

Like most war movies created in the early 40s, their one main purpose was to inspire Americans to buy more war bonds. Therefore, stories of valor, likable characters (many of whom get killed), fluff dialogue, and innaccurate retelling of battles were the mainstay of the films. "Guadalcanal Diary," however, was different than most. Rather than the glorification of battle and the 'good guys always winning with no problem,' there is a good deal of hardship here. Impressively, the movie portrays some of the angst and helplessness of the nighttime navel shelling that both sides participated in.

Also, there is a part early on that tells the true story of one detachment's fate on the far side of the island when they run into a Japanese force. Only one soldier survived to tell the tale. His account is very accurately portrayed. Of course, perhaps the US War Department was more interested in showing the grittier side of the war in order to promote those war bonds. Guadalcanal certainly provided enough true life grit for several movies.

It is definitely a condensed version of the events that took place on that island, but overall it is a well-acted and fascinating movie. For historical accuracy, it stands fairly well the test of time, although it is not as concerned with facts as with emotions. Still, there is great acting and good special effects (again, for the time) and fans of the era and of World War II history should enjoy this period piece regardless of the subtle marketing throughout.

Terse and violent, close in atmosphere and technique to "Wake Island"........2007-01-02

Guadalcanal is the second largest island (after Bougainville) of the Solomons and largest of the Solomon Islands Protectorate southwest Pacific...

During World War II it was the scene of bitter land and sea fighting between U. S. and Japanese forces...

On August 1942, the U.S. Marines, in the Allies' first major offensive in the Pacific, seized a Japanese airfield, Henderson Field, on the island...

On November, in a naval engagement, the Allies prevented the Japanese from landing reinforcements... By February 1943 the Japanese, badly outnumbered, were forced to evacuate Guadalcanal and by the end of the year they were on the defensive in their last stronghold in the Solomons, Bougainville Island...

"Guadalcanal Diary" is based on the best-selling book by war correspondent Richard Tregaskis... It follows the career of a platoon of Marines from Pre-landing shipboard briefings through two months slow murderous fighting in the taking of the South Sea jungles...

The film gives a realistic view of the hardships of war, and has its moments... Perhaps the most touching scene is at the climax when the tired veterans watch the fresh, green troops marching past them... The feeling is one of a continuous hard effort... The impudent newcomers have yet to face the revolting horrors that an American soldier is subjected to... Certainly, they will fight as well as those before them, however, we cannot but help feeling sad for those who will never return...

The film reveals the hard life in camps, shelters, patrols, hospitals, beaches and jungles in absolute reality... It is terse, violent, close in atmosphere and technique to "Wake Island" (1942).

Propaganda film.......2006-11-04

This film is about WW II, and one of the key, islands we took from the Japanese. I find it very, well acted (in a hammy, sort of way).

Really authentic dramaziation of the pacific war.......2006-07-05

The only thing that prevented me from giving this movie a 5 star
was the occasional schmalsty, goffy comments made in jest during
the film. But I beleive this was common in pictures made during
the war in the 40's.

Platoon - 20th Anniversary Collector's Edition (Widescreen)

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POLITICS IN JUNGLE BOOTS - A VIETNAM WAR DEPICTION THROUGH MOVIES
Greatest Vietnam movie of all time!
The Nightmare of War
ONE OF THE BEST WAR PICTURES EVER MADE!

Platoon - 20th Anniversary Collector's Edition (Widescreen)
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Release Date: 2006-05-30

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Winner of 4 Academy Awards®, including Best Picture, and based on the first-hand experience of Oscar®-winning director Oliver Stone, Platoon is powerful, intense and starkly brutal. "Harrowingly realistic and completely convincing" (Leonard Maltin), it is "a dark, unforgettable memorial" (The Washington Post) to every soldier whose innocence was lost in the war-torn jungles of Vietnam.

Chris Taylor (Charlie Sheen) is a young, naive American who, upon his arrival in Vietnam, quickly discovers that he must do battle not only with the Viet Cong, but also with the gnawing fear, physical exhaustion and intense anger growing within him. While his two commanding officers (Oscar®-nominated Tom Berenger and Willem Dafoe) draw a fine line between the war they wage against the enemy and the one they fight with each other, the conflict, chaos and hatred permeate Taylor, suffocating his realities and numbing his feelings to man's highest value, life.

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A Movie That Anti-War Media Loved!.......2007-06-04

POLITICS IN JUNGLE BOOTS - A VIETNAM WAR DEPICTION THROUGH MOVIES.......2007-06-01

Greatest Vietnam movie of all time!.......2007-05-26

The Nightmare of War.......2007-05-24

ONE OF THE BEST WAR PICTURES EVER MADE!.......2007-05-13

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Romantic Illusions
poignant without being whiney
A Farewell to Arms
Absolutely beautiful!
Gay in Love in Israel

Yossi & Jagger
Starring: Ohad Knoller , Yehuda Levi , Assi Cohen (II) , Aya Steinovitz , and Hani Furstenberg
Director: Eytan Fox
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Latter Days (Unrated Edition)
Walk on Water
Gone, But Not Forgotten
Just a Question of Love
The Trip

ASIN: B0001KNHAO
Release Date: 2004-03-30

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The moving Yossi & Jagger, at 65 minutes in length, has the focused impact and emotional clarity of a fine short story. A multiple award winner (among other prizes, Yossi & Jagger took a Best Actor honor for Ohad Knoller at the 2003 Tribeca Film Festival), this unusual love tale, set on a snowy Israeli-Lebanese border facing possible Hezbollah incursions, has an unexpected sweetness and buoyancy. Knoller plays square-jawed, no-nonsense Yossi, company commander of an Israeli Defense Forces unit exhausted from sleepless nights anticipating an ambush. The handsome, fun-loving Jagger (Yehuda Levi), nicknamed for his rock-star appeal, is platoon leader and, unknown to all, Yossi's secret lover. The two arrange trysts by going off together on missions, and while Jagger begs Yossi to leave the army when the former's service is up, Yossi reminds him that real life is not a romantic movie. Meanwhile, the platoon's other characters and a trio of visitors--a colonel (Sharon Reginiano) and his two female soldier-companions (Hani Furstenberg, Aya Koren)--prove to be a lot of fun sorting out everything from menus to love lives before their next, possibly lethal mission. Director Eytan Fox's naturalistic touch, and ability to highlight the expansiveness of mature love even in the most tragic and ironic of circumstances, is something to marvel at. --Tom Keogh

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Romantic Illusions.......2007-07-02

Director Eytan Fox has won a handful of festival awards for films like "Walk on Water," "The Bubble" & "After." He didn't win any awards for this film. It doesn't work all that well as a movie IMHO, although it was a success in Israel. First time screenwriter Avner Bernheimer's script doesn't take the story and make either a profound point or an unforgettable experience. Most of the film takes place at a rugged military encampment near the Lebanese-Israeli border. It is bleak and barren, rocky terrain that has snow. Ohad Knoller who played a commando in the film Munich (Widescreen Edition) plays the unit commander Yossi in what was his second movie back in 2002. He's a rough & tumble masculine fighting man who worries about the physical condition of his soldiers. His one quirk is that he is having a love affair with Lior Amichai who is a young good-looking Israeli soldier played by Yehuda Levi. Levi won a Best Actor Award from the Israeli TV Academy for the film. Some of the soldiers appear aware and unfazed by the relationship, while most are oblivious to it. Obviously, the guys are operating from a "don't ask, don't tell" model within the military structure. Levi is so good looking that the other soldiers refer to him as "Jagger," based on the Rolling Stones' lead singer Mick Jagger. The complication in the movie comes in the form of an unrealized love triangle (or maybe quadrangle). Assi Cohen, who played a newlywed man in the film "Munich," plays Ophir who has a crush on female soldier Yaeli played by Aya Koren. She is a dark-haired beauty who loves Jagger. She is not aware that Jagger prefers the company of men & pursues him with increasing frustration. Her friend Goldie is played by Hani Furstenberg in what I believe was her first film. Goldie satisfies the general's battlefield needs without romantic illusions. Ophir becomes angry with Jagger because Yaeli will not respond to Ophir's advances. Jagger becomes angry with Yossi because he won't commit to him and plan a post-military life together. War events then intervene and shatter everyone's expectations. The setting of the film reminded me of a wartime Israeli version of the M.A.S.H. TV show with its barren landscape and primitive battlefield accommodations. Neither the romance nor what the story did with it was very interesting. The best thing about the DVD was the cool music video. Taxi!

poignant without being whiney.......2007-05-20

During its short length (71 minutes), this movie manages to provide commentary of the hardships of war, homosexuality, loving in the military, and relationships with the family. The beginning is a bit slow and the subtitles are hurried, but the movie picks us pace within the first 10 minutes. In the end, you'll learn a bit about Israeli culture and a bit about youth in the military. This is one of those rare movies that will admit to the frailty of life and shows that young people are doing the fighting (not men in their forties). I'll have to disagree with Jagger's assessment - an American movie this isn't. But that's totally a good thing.

A Farewell to Arms.......2007-05-02

With YOSSI & JAGGER (2002) the director Eyton Fox gives the viewer an extraordinary first movie that foreshadows the even better film WALK ON WATER (2004) although he has nothing to be embarrassed about with this fine production. Yossi (Ohad Knoller) and Jagger, so nicknamed because he is as handsome as a rockstar (Yehuda Levi), are young Israeli soldiers stationed at the cold Israeli-Lebanese border. Their story is simple and straight-forward. They are lovers in time of war and have to keep their love secret in very close quarters.

While I do not want to spoil the ending for those who haven't seen this film, there is a particularly bittersweet scene near the end of the movie when Jagger's mother remembers that there were so many things about him that she never knew. There is the obligatory romance that a young woman soldier fabricates with Jagger and her. She does everything she can think of while in combat to bed him, even supposedly losing a contact lens when her nose is inches from his. She never gets it; it is amazing that even in 2004 that straight women still act this way around gay men. Of course Yossi in a sad poignant moment recalls Jagger's favorite song, a fact that no one else knew.

This sweet, sad film is not to be missed.

Absolutely beautiful!.......2007-02-11

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful! I loved this movie! It packs more emotion and drama in its short (I could have gone another 2 hours with these two characters) 67 minutes than most movies twice as long. The cinematography and the hand-held camera effect made it feel very realistic, remote, and cold--perfect for the location--but not amateurish. The soundtrack was beautiful and if you don't watch the music video after watching the movie 4 times, shame on you.

There were no wasted supporting characters, even the females. The lead actors as Yossi and Jagger were superb (and HOT) and the story completely believable. Every look, touch, kiss, and moment was achingly rendered and so well acted; non-gratuitous but still erotic at the same time. The ending is heartbreaking and ironic but strangely full of hope. I can't say enough about this movie, except I wish it had been longer. I wanted to know how Yossi and Jagger met, what their first date was like, when they fell in love. But even at the short length, this is one of the best love stories I've seen in quite some time, gay or not. You must see this!

Gay in Love in Israel.......2007-01-16

"YOSSI AND JAGGER"

Gay in Love in Israel

Amos Lassen and Cinema Pride

Eytan Fox, the Israeli director, scored quite a hit with his first major international film release "Yossi and Jagger", a movie about two gay Israeli army officers and is based on a true happening. They are stationed in a position on the Israel-Lebanon border. Yossi is the company commander an introvert and a product of the military system while Jagger (named for Mick) is completely open and the friend of all in his company and in the platoon which he commands. They try to find a place where they can be who they are, a place that is a haven against the opposing and oppressing rigid system of military life. Jagger is due to finish his duty to the service soon while Yossi wants to keep their relationship a secret. As they are about to embark on a tremendously dangerous mission, the tensions between the two come close to exploding. The movie is courageous, genuine, real and amusing while still painful, So much more liberal towards gays in the military, Israel represents a wonderful place to these guys (as long as they are not overt). Because of the security risks in the country, all men and women are required to serve and their lives are put on the line.
It is a pity that this movie s so short but in its brevity it still packs quite a wallop. It seems to be a cinematic short story about two soldiers who just happen to be in love. Yossi (Ohad Knoller) is a big and macho male who takes his army career very seriously is the exact opposite of Jagger (Yehuda Levi) who is lighthearted and happy go lucky. They must keep their feelings secret because of the nature of their mission. We see them on a winter day when their special time in a special way is interrupted by the visit of a high ranking officer who orders all of the soldiers to set up an ambush against suspected terrorist invasions from Lebanon. They prepare for their mission without realizing the seriousness of it. Jagger wants Yossi to come out and tensions reach a high level by the time the men undertaken their mission which turns out to be very dangerous. If I were to tell any more I might spoil the beauty of the movie for those of you who have not seen it.
The underlying theme of "Make Love, Not War" really comes to the fore as the movie draws to a close. And the story is all too brief. "Yossi and Jagger" does not fit into any category when attempting to classify the film. It is not really about gays in the military because the military is just the backdrop. It is not really a love story because the love between the two men, although sexual, is innocent.
The film is a day in the life of the Israeli army and shows what hours of boredom and days of fear can do. The movie is not about gay sex, although it is there, but about love and survival. When Jagger begins to make long term plans for himself and Yossi, the tragedy that is to come is slightly foreshadowed.
It is really about two soldiers who find love during war time and does not go into the gay/military issue. Instead it deals with young people who attempt to find a balance in life between their responsibilities to their country and having a life and loving the people they want to love.
The movie was originally made for Israeli TV and clocks in at a short 67 minutes. It is a modest undertaking but is made more meaningful by great writing and above competent acting. Director Fox conveys the atmosphere of army life with rich detail. As "Yossi and Jagger" sits on the fence between sensationalism and pathos, it is an admirable movie and a welcome addition to the canon of gay film as it gives us an effective look at men caught between personal desire and the expectations of society.

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War is a bore
Great scenes, so-so movie.
A $1 rental
No reason for this movie
exceptionally bad

Jarhead (Full Screen)
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal , Scott MacDonald , Peter Sarsgaard , Lo Ming , and Jamie Foxx
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Description

Academy Award winner Jamie Foxx and Jake Gyllenhaal star in this critically acclaimed, brilliantly unconventional war story from Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes.

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