Directed by:
Oliver StoneScreenplay:
Oliver StoneCinematography:
Robert RichardsonComposer:
Georges DelerueCast:
Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Forest Whitaker, Francesco Quinn, John C. McGinley, Richard Edson, Kevin Dillon, Reggie Johnson, Keith David (more)VOD (2)
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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, 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. (20th Century Fox AU)
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Charlie Sheen
USA
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Tom Berenger
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Willem Dafoe
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Forest Whitaker
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Francesco Quinn
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John C. McGinley
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Richard Edson
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Kevin Dillon
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Reggie Johnson
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Keith David
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David Neidorf
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Mark Moses
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Tony Todd
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Ivan Kane
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Paul Sanchez
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Corey Glover
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Bob Orwig
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