posted on: October 19, 2020
Factual to a fault, but reads like a novel. Perhaps I was somewhat lucky, I wasn’t out in the boonies looking and fighting the VC, but I was involved with too many a Dustoff and numerous rescues. A very realistic interpretation of one of the bloodiest battles of the Vietnam War. The making of the film, which was shot in the Philippines, was almost a war in itself, with the project going wildly over budget, a typhoon damaging the set, the firing of leading man Harvey Keitel and an overweight Marlon Brando. Stars: | Gross: Action, Drama, Thriller. Jonathan Goldsmith,
The recent movie “Last Full Measure” pays tribute to ‘PJ’ Pittenberger. Platoon is OK. Apocalypse is a Hollywood fantasy and Coming Home lost me when the Marine officer husband pointed his M-16 at Fonda/Voight but didn’t shoot – – Basic Training taught us to never point our weapon unless we meant to use it and that was army.
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Bryan Larkin, Photo by Missing in Action, Chuck Norris, 1984. Attempting to rewrite history, Missing in Action taps into the public's lingering angst and acts out dreams of finishing the job. R
I am not commenting on the video as much as the brave men who fought this war. It contains the best Vietnam War movies that were ever made, including popular classic like Full Metal Jacket and more recent films, like Tunnel Rats. Stars: Interestingly, almost all war movies identify with one side or the other, and it’s remarkable that We Were Soldiers includes a dedication not only to the Americans who fell at Ia Drang, but also to “the members of the People’s Army of North Vietnam who died in that place.”. It’s a bit dated, but Sylvester Stallone’s Rambo: First Blood remains one of the most watchable Vietnam veteran films of the era. / John. | Gross: My 1-2-3 would be Full Metal Jacket, Platoon, Forest Gump. It is interesting to note that Janssen was against the war, but did the film as a favor to the Duke. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. 222,778 Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon.
| You forgot about “Go Tell the Spartans”. More dysfunctional adventures in boot camp. $46.36M. Helicopter-borne warfare. The film, which is laden with wartime clichés, is especially notable for the fine battle scenes and also features the hit song “Ballad of the Green Berets,” sung by Sergeant Barry Sadler.
Mitch Eakins,
Hanoi Jane, as she was called, after her much-documented and controversial trip to Vietnam during the war, wanted to make a Vietnam War flick, and in that effort, she delivers a memorable performance. Yes, John “Duke” Wayne’s Green Berets was lambasted by critics of the day who opposed the war in Vietnam, and Wayne’s role is similar to his part in The Longest Day (1963), which flew well in World War II but not so great in war-weary 1968. | Gross:
Based on actual assault by a U.S. Army platoon on a well-fortified North Vietnamese Army stronghold, the film also portrayed how soldiers in the field felt betrayed by people back in the USA, who labelled them "killers" and held them with contempt.
93 min Marlon Brando, Director: Matthew Modine, Oliver Stone
Director: Uwe Boll | Stars: Michael Paré, … ( Log Out / Oliver Stone won an Oscar for his efforts. A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue. The making of the film, which was shot in the Philippines, was almost a war in itself, with the project going wildly over budget, a typhoon damaging the set, the firing of leading man Harvey Keitel and an overweight Marlon Brando. Francis Ford Coppola's Vietnam epic, loosely based on Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, tells the story of Captain Willard (Martin Sheen), a special agent sent into Cambodia to assassinate an errant American colonel (Marlon Brando). R 37,675 What a discrace.
| There's a problem loading this menu right now. Eventually he makes radio contact with a young spotter pilot, who helps him stay one step ahead of the North Vietnamese.
110 min | © Universal. | Action, Adventure, Thriller. According to Roger Ebert, We Were Soldiers is the story of the first major land battle in the Vietnam War, late in 1965. In 1965, there isn't much for military personnel serving in Vietnam to smile about—that is, until deejay Adrian Cronauer (Robin Williams) takes to the airwaves. Raymond J. Barry, $150.42M. Director:
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