Review of Casualties of War (1989) by Mark D — 22 Nov 2009

Michael J. Fox à contre emploi, bouleversant...

This review of Casualties of War (1989) was written by Mark D on 22 Nov 2009.

Casualties of War has generally received positive reviews.

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It conveys a sense of moral quagmire, of sinking into squishily dangerous terrain, honeycombed with tunnels and traps, all hell exploding around…

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Speaking to our near-masochistic desire to revisit works in the hope that we can reverse the tragic outcome, Casualties of War perhaps transcends…

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By Anonymous User (943) on 30 Jul 2014

Casualties of War is probably Michael J. Fox's most serious film to date, and unfortunately, it is extremely flawed…

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By Mayank A (426) on 04 Nov 2014

Wow, the movie based on true event shows another picture of the Vietnam War - a dark one…

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By Dan Z (38) on 07 Jul 2012

Michael J. Fox saves this from being a procedural 80s Vietnam story that isn't Platoon…

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By Parker R (216) on 11 Jul 2013

This is a well made retelling of a tragic descent into madness as a result of traumatizing experiences in war that has scourged many men throughout…

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By Frances H (1,591) on 02 Apr 2015

Well acted by a group of young actors who would go places, in an excellent screenplay that exposes a story based on a true incident, and shows…

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By Alex Von Tunzelmann (14) for The Guardian (2,969) on 20 Aug 2015

An impressively faithful and highly effective film, aside from the misjudged [spoiler omitted] ending…

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Casualties of War is the climax of De Palma's long and winding development of visual storytelling: a film that wrings tension out of every…

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