At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter Kurtz, who has been leading his personal army on illegal guerrilla missions into enemy territory.
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Apocalypse Now was released in 1979 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 914 reviews, giving Apocalypse Now (1979) an average rating of 88%.
Overall, cinema-goers and film critics broadly agree on the merits of the movie, with critics giving it an average score of 92% and users giving an average score of 90%.
With a score of 88%, Apocalypse Now is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1979, which stands at 60%.
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