PLATOON Clip - "Jungle Trek" (1986) Oliver Stone
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- PLATOON Clip - "Jungle Trek" (1986) Oliver Stone
PLOT: Chris Taylor (Charlie Sheen) leaves his university studies to enlist in combat duty in Vietnam in 1967. Once he's on the ground in the middle of battle, his idealism fades. Infighting in his unit between Staff Sergeant Barnes (Tom Berenger), who believes nearby villagers are harboring Viet Cong soldiers, and Sergeant Elias (Willem Dafoe), who has a more sympathetic view of the locals, ends up pitting the soldiers against each other as well as against the enemy.
Release date: December 24, 1986 (USA)
Director: Oliver Stone
CAST: Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Charlie Sheen, Keith David, Kevin Dillon, John C. McGinley, Forest Whitaker, Johnny Depp
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Tom Berenger deserved an academy award for his portrayal of Sgt Barnes.
Probably so. Both Berenger and Dafoe got Best Supporting Actor noms for Platoon so they cancelled each other out.
As we all know, winning an Academy Award isn't a measure of a great performance on screen.
“Everybody gotta die sometime, Red.” Best line in the movie.
@@live4powderhound834I love the part where he rips Lt. Wolfe a new one for calling arty on his own people.
I've watched platoon like 200 times. Never get tired
Same here.
Me too
I have seen it maybe around 100 times.
I thought it was just me 😂
This movie will never get old, but we are movie came out in 86 that's the year I graduated HS. 55 now where does the time go😮 movie is timeless....peace
Berenger was outstanding in this film. Not sure how you portray a character better than he did with SGT Barnes.
Originally it was going Willem Dafoe but he choose to play Sergeant Elias while Berenger decided to play against type as Sergeant Barnes as Berenger was known before Platoon to play good guy roles.
Absolutely!
Berenger's look. Those sharks eyes...hollow eyes. He looked like the killer he played.
"Yup...they got two Lieutenants and a Captain"...Bad vibe orders group in the field
@@scottknode898 One of the best War Movie roles ever played
Other than the loud occasional chatter, this is a very authentic representation of a hump. From the way they're all spread out and people have to move up and down the line to talk to someone, the way they echo commands, the radio traffic, lingo etc. Platoon is still the best film that shows the inner workings of a platoon.
Knew some real Grunts, In Country.....Smoking Dope with a squad ...or Ambush was bullshit. ....... Clean your weapon before you eat, smoke. or get washed.........In case you get attacked or need to go back out...........Most of this Movie was BS.
@@briangoldy8784 I don't know it was written and directed by a Grunt .
@@briangoldy8784 Oh absolutely there was some liberties taken granted. But the foundation is there and solid. Squad integrity, platoon sergeant being in charge, getting put on bullshit details, infighting, the politics. Its all there.
@@briangoldy8784
Stone rolled every problem into one platoon under artistic license, but if you look into it, Army discipline and motivation had slipped like this by 1970 in many units. I read accounts that platoons refused to patrol. They'd just sit outside camp in the bush. Discipline got so bad near the end that NCOs got gang beaten if they offended certain groups and non compliant soldiers were put in sweat boxes to force obedience. The US Army was falling apart.
@@dougtheviking6503 Grunt is a Soldier or Marine who lays down on his back to lift a (90lb)Ruck off the Ground an Lets Out a GRUNT........
I was an infantryman in the early 90’s. We went to the JOTC in Panama. It was so hot and stiflingly humid. I think I was wet with rain or wet from sweat constantly. Everything bites! That was only a month. These poor guys had to do it for a year with bullets flying at them. They have my utmost respect.
We’re you at Balboa Highschool by chance?
I did it in 1977 and '79 with the 101St.Airborne(AASLT) as a 11b...""GreenHell"" almost had me lose my marbles on the Night compass course...hats off to all the "Nam"vets...training was diffucult enough...but actual time in the field under combat conditions for periods of time is...Unimaginable!!!...And great movie....when i came in the service..a lot of Nam vets still in service.....all our equipment was from that era....
I did JOTC back in the 80's. that heat is brutal. everything soaking wet at 0600 in the morning.
And deadly traps making it even worse.
The early nineties lmfao 😂😂
My buddy's dad was Barnes to the T. He was in Vietnam in 1969 when he was 18 and fought in hamburger hill. when he got home, none of his brothers or sisters picked him up from the airport because 'they were busy". He took the money he made from serving and went into Med school and became a neurosurgeon. This guy saw death on a regular basis his entire life. We all thought we were tough guys in high school, and he would just look at us in disgust. He never spoke about what he did in vietnam but when he died, the guys that showed up and spoke at his funeral revealed that he was involved in some of the most intense combat in the entire war and was a full blown hero on multiple occasions. The only time he spoke to my buddy about war was when my friend told him "I think my generation would do good in war because we're used to seeing it in the movies now". He said, "the first thing you and your friends would do in a real combat situation is hide in a bush and puke'.
I had a coworker who said very similar things about a friend of his. They knew he'd been a paratrooper, and they knew he'd gone to Vietnam and that was it. When he passed away, the survivors of his unit came to the funeral service and basically described a real-life Rambo: "we're alive today because he had no concern for his personal safety in combat. He worried about everybody else." His adult children found a footlocker in the attic filled with Army memorabilia, including a folded up dress green jacket with five rows of ribbons on it, including a Distinguished Service Cross. My coworker said that whenever he was asked what he did in Vietnam, his answer ran along the lines of, "A little of this, a little of that and a little of a few other things," then he always changed the subject.
@@tonyjones1560 I don’t even have UA-cam notifications on but the fact that your comment made my phone buzz is pretty weird. Yea it seems like the dudes that were in the most shit never talked about it. Then the guys that were stationed in a safe area and did paperwork share stories non stop. I’ve never seen a more stone cold look in my life but it wasn’t like he was forcing it. This guy really did walk the walk and see the shit. We thought we were so bad in high school always getting in fights. Once night we came home from a brawl all amped up and he came out in his underwear and told us all we need to shut the fuck up and pray nobody died because “you little faggets wouldn’t last a day in prison”. Then went back to bed
Sorry, but he sounds like a dick. Todays generation are just as good(or bad) soldiers as they were back then. Fear on the battlefield has always existed and few can conquer that fear, but those who can are labeled "rambos"
No one cares dummy😂
One of the greatest cinematic performances in history Tom Berenger as SGT. Barnes .
"The only one who can kill Barnes is Barnes"
Portrayed an East Tennessean, did a pretty good job of it.
As teenagers me and my cousins would smoke weed and watch this movie. I never thought I would join the ARMY, my brother and I did. We even went to basic training togather it was awsome.
The movie Major League came out a few years after this, really puts in perspective how great Berenger and Sheen were in this movie.
It is best war movie i ever seen so realistic. It is because made by war veteran 😇
Everybody in this movie was amazing in their own way. Excellent performances from a great cast.
Yes .
@@Jeff-is1whzx❤
Seriously! So many of them are just unknown random actors too that are never really heard from again. And yet they all were so convincing. Everyone did such a good part, especially the minor characters.
@@andrewnewman8907William dafoe, forest witaker, jhony Depp, charly Sheen, tom berenger.
@@andrewnewman8907They appear unknown because they were young at the time, like the draftees were in real life, but if you watch the credits you will see many names that went on to become better known and famous. Even the Captain of the Platoon, Dale Dye. You will recognise him as the Colonel in Band of Brothers. He was a Vietnam Vet and there is a scene towards the end of the film where he's staring at nothing, and the Director, Oliver Stone, (also a Vet) kept the camera running because it was clear he was having a flashback. Stone himself often had to take a 'time out' and go for a wander to clear his mind due to hiz own flashbacks and trauma during production.
one of the most painfully realistic depictions of a patrol Ive ever seen
Plus bugs and heatstrokes can’t forget that, while carrying a bunch of crap to top it all off
Why is it painful? Who cares.
The scene where the platoon is ambushed in the woods and nobody is returning fire - Sgt Barnes is walking around with his rifle slung screaming at folks to return fire, kicking them and showing them where to shoot as tracers and rockets fly - Shit like that really happened. Brave dudes walking in FIRE directing the fight. Much respect to these badass dudes.
citation needed
Elias was just a cool cat he showed over and over how he cared about his troops
Barnes cared about his troops as well as long as the followed him into the heart of darkness
I can feel Taylor's level of exhaustion. Love this movie!
A really great movie. Very realistic on how newbies were just thrown into a hot humid jungle scenario and expected to perform Day 1
That’s how it was on my HVAC job lol
ha ha just like taking a job at Walmart
That job at Wal Mart would be just as dangerous especially if it was in Chicago, Baltimore, Detroit, Los Angeles or New Orleans.
@@gallestelol. Why?
Im brazilian so I couldn't tell. A friend girl from the past work at a walmart, shes kinda of manager of a section idk.. shes originally from Texas. Nice funny girl Natalie, I miss the time I used to take the same bus she took, her friend was my woman for some time, we really liked each other. Anyway, let's go.
@@gallestebruh Chicago ain’t that bad you just spewing bs
Two people made sure this movie became a masterpiece. They are Oliver Stone and Dale Dye. It's all about the realism
My favorite scene of all is King standing on the skid of that huey saying " goodbye " ! LOL !
I absolute love Tom Berenger performance, still scrutinized until today by directors and actors, a very complex character,.. but my favorite performance goes to Willem Dafoe, more dramatic, like the light in the darkness, someone who brings hope, the righteous preacher (crusader ) and overall maintains the balance of the movie until the end with his re incarnation (Charlie Sheen)
Tbh, they all absolutely nailed their roles with stellar performances.
John McGinley as Red, Keith David as King, Dillon as Bunny etc.
I agree but at that time the audience didn’t understand the character of the “bad guy” but his character had paid his dues!
I had a SSGT like him when I was in the Marines. I wanted to friendly fire the cock sucker a couple of times on deployment. I hate to say it but you need bastards like Barnes during war. He even rubbed off on me a little...
John C. McGinlay is great too - 'Yep, right Bob.'
And Corey Glover as Francis.. he is the only friend Chris (Charlie Sheen) ever had.. other than Rah, King, and Elias as his mentor
All star cast, poignant and haunting soundtrack, poetic yet also grim and dark storytelling, and the theme of of the movie (morality/perspective) still resonates to this day. A timeless 80s movie💯
"Don't drink to much" - Charlie Sheen should remembered this words!
Damn lol.
He tried some powder too I'd say 😅
HE GOT TIGER BLOOD
Oliver is a steel treasure. The reality of war is spoken profoundly in a way most lads need to be told.
Arguably the greatest war film ever made. "talking bout killin'...ya all experts ?"
Das Boot?
@@markdammes1947 Yes a very good film...but the realism of Platoon was second to none...IMHO. Remember, Oliver Stone was a Vietnam vet and all the actors went through 'Boot camp" and had been given actual military training prior to filming.
@@themessenger5868 Didn't know they all went through boot camp, that's awesome.
@@magetaaaaaa It was a really abbreviated bootcamp "experience" type thing, but Captain Dye ran it, and they did it in the jungle, so for a bunch of actors not bad.
William Dafoe, is such an underrated, bad ass actor. First saw him in “to live & die in LA”.
Ever since then, I’ve been a fan! 🙏👍
Check him out in The Loveless with rockabilly singer Robert Gordon.
Underrated? Mmmokay
@@starwarsroo2448Ikr. Stupid kids with their stupid underrated comments. Next they gonna say tom hanks is underrated.
One of The Best Movies of The 80s
I'll second that.
Of all time too.
@@judas2891 Yes You Are So Right about This
My three favourite films are Apocalypse now platoon and fmj ❤
@@Roscoe.P.Coldchain now you’re talking my language😎💯
This movie doesn’t get enough credit for the sound design. It adds to the tension and makes me feel vulnerable watching it.
My dad always said this movie 🎥 and the Vietnam scenes from Forrest Gump were the most accurate depictions of what serving a tour in Vietnam was actually like.
My Dad was in the Korean war in artillery. There were incoming rounds and he said, ''That's something a guy never forgets: The sound of an incoming round.'' You and I will never know the actual feeling. Or the fear, noise, blood, the insanity. We can't feel that in a movie. Only the depiction of it. If you have ever been truly scared that this might be all she wrote, you will know what I mean.
My dad has a friend who was in the Nam, and he said the same thing about Forrest Gump. Especially the part describing the rain.
@@MegaMkmiller interesting that both your dad and mine were both in the artillery and had the same last name of Miller.
@@TheBeagleHasLanded75 Cool. Thanks for letting me know bro!
@@MegaMkmiller you’re welcome. Unfortunately my dad passed a number of years ago. But I know he made it Heaven because he already marched through Hell.
Just a total masterpiece of a combat movie with hardly a microsecond of substandard acting. From the 50 yard stare of the battle hardened marine looking at Taylor after the opening credits, to the final naration by Sheen relaying his most poignant memories of his time in 'The Nam'. I can watch this film at a moment's notice and never get bored. Even the sound effects are accentuated perfectly.
Tom Berrenger should have gotten an Oscar for his performance. I'm still disappointed after all these years.
The Academy probably looked at his character being the antagonist and didn't want to give it to him since he didn't play the hero role. Hollywood is that petty, unfortunately.
@@scott4499 * Antagonist.
Gene Hackman got an Oscar for being the antagonist in Unforgiven.
Tom Barrenger was fantastic in this role.
I also really liked him in Gettysburg.
@Max Richter Thanks for the clarification. I wasn't aware of Gene Hackman's Academy award for Unforgiven. They are both great actors. I never saw Gettysburg, but I heard it was very good.
Many actors have won academy award for playing a villain.
Reminded me of every lifer I knew.
so much detail in these scenes. I've watched this movie at least 10-20 times but only on vhs as a kid and now i'm watching all these clips online and slowing them down and watching them over again and so many things I never could've caught.
A little foreshadowing at 2:50 with Junior zonked out and coping some Z's....
Willem Dafoe never gets old …
True, he gets killed in all the movies he's in...
@@alsmith7382 "True, he gets killed in all the movies he's in..."
Onion bagel...cream cheese.
@@alsmith7382 he didn't get killed in Mississippi Burning.
@@SighNaps nice symbolism😉
@@darthvader3233 What can I say? I'm an expert in nameology.
Havingserved as an instructor at SERE school. I found this Berenger and Quint in Jaws very similar. You...loved...you hated him...what a realistic portrayal of realities...in an unreal movie. Excellent.
Glad I’m not the only one who saw this parallelism. Both characters were badly traumatized and hurt by the wars they lived, and filled with anger and lust for vengeance.
Two captains Achab.
Quint - in the movie - was a funnier guy, though.
I have the greatest respect for the Combat Infantry man. I was the fellow that gave them a ride to work.
The director kept the actors up for two days no sleep to show the little things that cant be acted out only shown in its reality. A very well made movie
I was 19 when I watched this first. Before this jungle scene, before the movie Platoon, I'd never felt such a reality when watching a movie. I was really really surprised with my senses, really feeling the humidity and heat of Cambodian rainforests, like walking through mosquito infested bushes facing all sorts of discomfort and fatigue... it was my first and best amazing cinematic experience, and I was young like them.
I was about the same age when I saw it. I couldn't sleep for 3 days after watching this movie. Rarely does a movie impact me like this.
@@timwarneka5681 I love listening to the insects and sounds in that jungle
@@MarcDufresneosorusrex One of my favorite noises. I wonder if it's kind of baked into humans to like that since we all came from the woods before industrialization. Sometimes I just put on long clips of jungle noise, you can find them all over UA-cam. Great to sleep to as well.
@@magetaaaaaa I agree
Thanks for the usage of the term 'discomfort', sir.
Spot on.
My favorite part of the movie. Small taste of what those men dealt with on an almost daily basis.
Yes, and what the Vietnamese guerrillas and North Vietnamese soldiers dealt with for years on end fighting on their home ground. No 12-month or 13-month tour of duty for them. "Charlie only had two ways home: death, or victory." That was what it was like for them.
@@asmodeus0454 Sure but most vc weren’t humping a ruck..flak vests… radios.. full combat loads and a bucket on their head.. after growing up in the fields of Nebraska. That climate and terrain with that load… throw on top the ever present danger of an unseen enemy who is in his element… yeah thats a long 12 months. Taking no credit away from the Vietnamese. Tough mfs they were. This was a different experience for both sides.
First time i watched Platoon and fell in love with it in 1989 Russia.Soviets loved it for showing war in Nam.
Love how Elias helped him out by taking some weight off his back
I’ll haul it for ya
@George Thomas that's why Vietnam is a place where many vets return to this day they are our friends as a nation too, there are cases where Americans did kill woman and children yet not many, thanks bud.
To be fair, he’s his squad leader and should’ve helped him pack lighter from the get go…
He is more like crusader/tragic hero type of person. A very capable fighter and yet he still hold his moral compass firmly, care about his men well-beings.
@@charliep5139@charliep5139 absolutely Elias might have made a mistake thinking he could hack it initially; many people miss that detail.
For my money Saving Private Ryan has the best combat scenes but Platoon has the best characters and dialogue.
I would most def agree with that. I think most people would.
Everyone else in the platoon stumbling loudly through the jungle in misery, Barnes just creeps through it like a tiger stalking its prey👍
You can measure experience of every man in this scene by watching him just going through bushes.
Well that and the fact that taylor was there cutting a path through the bush, swinging that machete and being on point as the new meat probably sucked way worse than walking behind him.
@@kwiklot5114Being on point is the most dangerous and shit job. Especially in Afghanistan where mines and IED’s were largely triggered by point men/vehicles.
In the beginning, Elias and Barnes are like mother and father to the platoon. Each care and are like-able in their own way. But the war gradually tore them, and the platoon, apart. Very sad film.
Two fathers, like it's said in the movie.
Barnes acted foolishly much of the time. He should have been discharged earlier, he had forgotten who he was supposed to protect and saw all Vietmanese people as the enemy. He even had a translator, ignored him, yet still wanted to murder a village full of innocent civilians.@@mitrooper
@@Bradgilliswhammyman Especially when he saw one of his men strung up and disemboweled, "those Motherfuckers", great scene.
Still one of the best Vietnamese war films ever made!
Platoon is an American film.
Tom Berenger is The Best actor in this movie. Total badassery!
Loved this movie watched it a million times.
Tom berenger was so good in this, you liked him and hated him
Every time my body feels pain in real life I tell my self “Take the pain”
@George Thomas
Yes, that is documented and it particularly happened toward the end of the war as it was winding down. Discipline broke down severely as people knew it was all for nothing by that point.
"Ain't nothin but a thing".
Chap I knew that was in the 3rd Marine Corps who was in Nam 68/69 said that this was (mostly) the best Vietnam film made.
I was an infantryman, 11C, 82-87, and in my opinion one of the most accurate Army movies to date. The combat scenes and the interaction between the Officers, NCOs and troops are spot on,
I was in same time Canadian Infantry...Cold War......trained with some of you...10th Mountain...and 101 ABN...Air Assault...Fort Drum was close to Southern Ontario
@@greasyflight6609 Awesome, I got to train with the PPCLI while in exercise in Alberta
@@georgeseipel7087 Great Regiment
That "fallout" at the end ALWAYS had me splitting sides. Oh man can I relate. Marine Corps Bootcamp Dec '90. 😆
Met up with Tom Berenger one Friday night in Frisco... I used to stay in my Van with my dog while I worked in the city all week...a big ol handsome Astro/ Scooby Doo looking dog 111lbs! Huge head! A Ban Dog... anyway a street band was playing Jimmy Hendrix music and just killing it! So my dog and I went over to enjoy the show and a guy tapped me on the shoulder and asked what kind of dog is that! Ralfy was that handsome! Anyway yeah it was Tom Berenger and we sat there and talked about Ralfy for a half hour... enjoyed the music!
Excellent movie!! First war movie that scared the shit out of me!
"whats the delay up on point, you having compass trouble again today Wolfe?" LMAO these damn butterbars....
Both Dafoe and Berenger were excellent, but Berenger deserved that Oscar
Still the best Vietnam movie.
We are due for another.
Oliver Stone has a knack on producing movies that portrays the tragedy of US foreign policy.
He is a leftist hack
Oliver Stone certainly knew what he was doing having served in Vietnam with the 9th Infantry Division the very unit depicted in Platoon and having been awarded two Bronze Stars and a Purple Heart for being wounded in action.
Tom as sergeant , full skill as infanteryman
Having served in the army infantry starting in Jan/76 with the 3/187th inf. 101St.Abn Div (AASLT)...This scene reminds me of Jungle training in Panama....It was stressful espically the Night Compass course....Vietnam vets always had my upmost respect knowing someone was out there looking to kill them....
I saw this movie in a nice movie theater with an excellent sound system. Talk about feeling like you where there. You felt the choppers flying close over your head some front to back some all around. So real I could talk forever
Platoon is so so good for so many reasons. Outstanding cast and acting on another level 👏🏻 👌
great foreshadowing too. Lt Wolfe having map trouble will come back to haunt them all later.
Also Oliver Stone.
@@judyhopps9380 A lot of Lt's were like that.
This movie was filmed in the Philippines an excellent movie by Oliver Stone
I love this movie since 1987❤
One of the best Vietnam war movie of ever ! Really excellent.
Great supporting cast.
Q. "How many Vietnam vets does it take to change a light bulb?" A. "You wouldn't know! You weren't fucking THERE!"
"You waiting for he ain't goin bite you".
I was a senior in highschool and when this came out, we did a play called Tracers about the war. Such a learning experience.
Think about this . Young men not wanting to be there, scared. Exhausted hot, pissed off , friends killed by an unseen enemy. Trekking through heavy jungle in high heat and humidity with a heavy pack day after day. Something is bound to happen
Add the fact that rich kids never went because they got a note from their doctor.....SMH
My father was at NAM GOD BLESS HIS SOUL
Saw Platoon in AIT at Ft. Gordon, best movie experience ever!
“Boy whatcha waiting for? Ain’t goin bite you!”
When Willem Dafoe got killed that was one of the saddest moments in a movie
all war is hell, but Vietnam war is special hell
As you watch this, imagine the temperature is about 110 degrees with about 90% humidity...
Damn, crotch rot city!
Plus mosquitoes eating you alive.
In the sun. Sure I bet it was muggy but that triple layer canopy helps
They filmed in Philippines as Director Oliver Stone and technical advisor Dale Dye who were both Vietnam veterans wanted to be closer to what was like when serving in Vietnam and not to be filmed on a soundstage or film set. They filmed around the jungle in the direct heat and humidity, actors had said they had either lost weight or got sick during filming including Dafoe from drinking water.
Platoon is a absolute masterpiece showing the insanity, brutality, and horrors of war, and ranks as one of the best war films ever made, up there with the Band of Brothers and The Pacific series, and Saving Private Ryan. This is a top shelf film with few peers of any genre.
PLATOON FOREVER.🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
I was in 4 u.s. army units! 80's! as real as it gits!!!
I do a lot of hiking when I am in Malaysia but it takes me some time to get into shape and to readjust to the extreme heat. I can really identify with what Taylor is going through especially when you find yourself being attacked by aggressive ants. Even the little onse really nip. There is only one to get used to that type of environment and that to experience it firsthand. The British Army sends its special forces to train in Borneo for a good reason.
@ 3:28...when Gardner is going up the hill, and the other soldiers makes noises and say "I'm so tired." ...that cracks me up every time. We use to poke fun at each other like that, in the 90s, when I served and I wasn't even infantry. lol
1968 - 1970 'Nam here: Pretty similar to my experience. But, a movie never captures the boredom and walking 16 hours a day.
Gardner, the other cherry, was really good. Very small part, but the actor made you felt really bad for the character and his situation. Thrust into 'Nam, all the other soldiers are such pricks to him. Then he is KIA. Life sucks sometimes.
He seemed too stereotypical. The typical country bumpkin nice guy who gets killed in all those 1950s WW 2 films. I also think that the TV show, Tour of Duty had some very realistic scenarios and acting from what I've read. I spoke to some Vietnam vets and read autobiographies. Movies can't convey the utter suffering it was just day to day. Hiking all day in 100 degree heat and humidity with 80-90lbs on your back and a few hours sleep. You were a zombie, yet you tried to stay alert. 30 days doing this, then back in camp doing hard labor. Cutting trees, digging holes, laying barbed wire. No rest except during the pitch black night where the VC operated at will. So tired even your ankles hurt from the load. Rinse repeat for a year. Some did not even get a weeks R & R as they were supposed. And you usually had NO idea where you were and what the objective was. You just humped 90lbs from dawn to dusk, day after day. Abushes came quick and violent, then over. 1 or 2 dead. A few wounded. Endless mountains in the Central Highlands and up to your ass in water all day in the Delta. Mines, booby traps, deadly snakes constant worries. It's a wonder more of those men didn't lose their sanity. You'd have to lose some sanity to withstand that. They didn't put soldiers on the line that long usually even in WW2. Then they came back home to see "The crazy Vietnam Vet criminal" on every TV cop show and to be despised or ignored. Even the US govt. didn't take care of them. Underfunding VA hospitals and such. Vietnam was hardly spoken about for 15 yrs until Platoon came out. So it was a seminal film in that sense too. It started a bunch of other films about the war.
I sometimes quote Gardiner when I get killed a lot in rising storm 2
I LOVE this film.
La mejor película bélica de la historia del cine
Apocalypse Now es mejor
The VC can hear that lot well before they see them, loud chatter, audible radio traffic and the smell of cigars, not the ideal way to fight a war. Great clip.
Just the same way a bunch of yankees, ghetto rats, hill jacks rednecks, chinos, can all tell if something is " off"" in our country...and why ..for now...the CCP is hesitating on invading us. A soldier..a citizen.
knows his home nations scents...ways....off puttings...
One thing I never understood is why 'national pride' is so strong with you people that you have to tear others down to make you feel better about yourselves.
My favorite character was Bunny. Man, he had all the best lines . . .
He loved Nam. LoL
The end of this clip never fails to amuse 😂
Wow, being an infantryman is difficult and exhausting. What a surprise.
This is one of the most realistic portrayal of combat newcomers ever put to film. I had never been shot at in anger before I got to the sandbox but at least I was nearly 30 years old and had humped many km with lots of gear and was used to being pushed. Fast forward about 4 months in and we got 3 new guys, 19 and 20 year old kids in fresh from the States. By the end of day one their exhaustion and fear were as palpable as Chris and Garners in this scene.
What's amazing is john daly was an executive producer
Film deslumbrante !!!
It did have an amazing cast!
What you waitin' fer? He ain't gon bite ya.
This scene gave me flashbacks to Ranger School. I shuddered in the theater. Very much like early Ranger patrols. By Florida, we didn't care whether we lived or died. Incredible training.
Damn good movie
You know im something of soldier myself😮😂😂😂😂
With this film I swore change the sidewalk if I run into Tom Berenger!
A Classic movie for sure...
Pelotón una de las mejores películas de Vietnam 👍👍👍👍👍👍
Had to be there to make a movie this good.
Real army vibes lol. Love this classic
When I was in 8th grade back in 1996, the school security guard talked to our class about his time in Vietnam. He said the scariest parts were the darkness and the silence.
Great movie
All time great Vietnam flick
This movie had to compete with top gun and it held its own.
Haha!!