Review of Platoon (1986) by Derek D — 26 Aug 2012

I remember the first couple of times I ever saw this movie, I hated the damn thing. Maybe I just didn't understand the whole premise at the time, but after watching it again I have to say that this is an absolute classic.

The cast is excellent, especially with Tom Berringer and Willem Defoe, who you know is going to give 100% in a rol no matter what. Charlie Sheen is also really good as a young recruit who has to struggle to choose a proper moral ground between two completely different Sergeants with completely different views of how things should go in the anything-goes battleground of Vietnam.

Not the greatest war movie of all-time, but at least it's not just a film of constant war scenes with shit blowing up.