Platoon
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Oliver Stone's breakthrough as a director, Platoon is a brutally realistic look at a young soldier's tour of duty in Vietnam. Chris Taylor (Charlie Sheen) is a college student who quits school to volunteer for the Army in the late '60s. He's shipped off to Vietnam, where he serves with a culturally diverse group of fellow soldiers under two men who lead the platoon: Sgt. Barnes (Tom Berenger), whose facial scars are a mirror of the violence and corruption of his soul, and Sgt. Elias (Willem Dafoe), who maintains a Zen-like calm in the jungle and fights with both personal and moral courage even though he no longer believes in the war. After a few weeks in country, Taylor begins to see the naïveté of his views of the war, especially after a quick search for enemy troops devolves into a round of murder and rape. Unlike Hollywood's first wave of Vietnam movies (including The Deer Hunter, Apocalypse Now, and Coming Home), Platoon is a grunts-eye view of the war, touching on moral issues but focusing on the men who fought the battles and suffered the wounds. In this sense, it resembles older war movies more than its Vietnam peers, as it mixes familiar elements of onscreen battle with small realistic details: bugs, jungle rot, exhaustion, C-rations, marijuana, and counting the days before you go home. This mix of traditional war movie elements with a contemporary sensibility won Platoon four Oscars including Best Picture and Best Director, and a reputation as one of the definitive modern war films.~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Cast
- Tom Berenger
- Willem Dafoe
- Charlie Sheen
- Forest Whitaker
- Francesco Quinn
- John C. McGinley
- Richard Edson
- Kevin Dillon
- Reggie Johnson
- Keith David
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- May 24, 2020
willem dafoe young hot shirtless man good hero sexy cool high stoner mister sexy nice fun admirable veiny arm schlong hot willem dafoe
amandaDec 17, 2021"put your mouth on this" - Willem Dafoe <3
Tom BradyNov 14, 2020Oh… So it wasn’t just recently that Willem Dafoe was being robbed of awards.
Sam - Dec 19, 2019
i relate to charlie sheen in that i too, would do anything shirtless young willem dafoe asked of me, including but not limited to putting my mouth on the muzzle of a gun that he‘s pointing directly at my face
NicoMay 3, 2020Apocalypse Now: Martin Sheen in a Vietnam movie that explores human duality in the war. Platoon: Charlie Sheen in a Vietnam movie that explores human duality in the war. Like father like son I guess...
Matt The SnapperJun 17, 201995 Incident to incident. Snake slithering around foot. Lizard crawling on head of stone. Smoke against foliage against blood against the deepest cries of anguish. Screams in the dark. Flares and claymores. An environment and a moment in history which will not and cannot…
SilentDawn - Dec 27, 2021
“You know, I’m something of a sergeant myself”
taylorNov 13, 2020Sorry, Charlie. Your father did it better.
JaemartOct 4, 2020*blows a kiss to the stars* for willem dafoe
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- Ballsa lovedPlatoon
Willem Dafoe is so hot!!!! 😭😭😭😭😫😫😫
Jikitiz likedPlatoonSaw this a while back, it is war, it is not good, and yet it is good 👁️
Riky lovedPlatoonBetter than FMJ
- Meg likedPlatoon
Best Picture Oscar winner 1987 (59th Academy Awards) My Rating: 8.5/10 Nominated for 8 Oscar’s and won 4. One of the best war films of all time. Oliver Stone was a Vietnam vet and the realism of this film is too much sometimes and has a lot of trigger warnings throughout. Well done film.
Caio likedPlatooncharlie sheen só faz papel de drogado? esse drogado pelo menos não é tão misógino. mas participa de invasão imperialista e altos crimes. mais um filme de "ain que tristeza fui ali cometer genocídio e voltei tão tisti 🥺". mas nesse a ação é boa
Fight club likedPlatoonPretty brutal movie. Doesn’t pull any punches when it comes to brutal aspects of Vietnam war also, I didn’t even notice that Johnny Depp was in the movie till the credits
- Hardcore Epic Fanboy-Stan-Worshiper dislikedPlatoon
This was such a slog to get through. It was such a slow movie where it felt like nothing happened for most of it, and when things were happening it was the most heavy handed messaging I’ve seen in a while. All told with one dimensional characters to preach the film’s message.
Brianug lovedPlatoonIntense and brutal movie about the life during the Vietnam war. Really captures the essence of questioning the cause and how the mind is affected from wartime. Elements of dehumanization and friendly fire greatly shown throughout. Sheen, Defoe, and Berenger are fantastic.
JDelp87 lovedPlatoonWhat more is there to say about this than has already been said? It is the quintessential Vietnam war film. War is hell, and this doesn’t shy away from that sentiment. Character work is compelling as well. Shows the depths humans can go to when pushed to the brink.
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Metacritic
It was Francois Truffaut who said that it's not possible to make an anti-war movie, because all war movies, with their energy and sense of adventure, end up making combat look like fun. If Truffaut had lived to see Platoon, the best film of 1986, he might have wanted to modify his opinion. Here is a movie that regards combat from ground level, from the infantryman's point of view, and it does not make war look like fun.
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
Possibly the best work of any kind about the Vietnam War since Michael Herr's vigorous and hallucinatory book Dispatches.
Vincent Canby
The New York Times
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Platoon (1986) family-friendly?
The movie has been rated as R, meaning that Under 17 requires an adult accompaniment.
How long is Platoon (1986)?
The movie is 2hr long.
What's Platoon (1986) about?
Oliver Stone's breakthrough as a director, Platoon is a brutally realistic look at a young soldier's tour of duty in Vietnam. Chris Taylor (Charlie Sheen) is a college student who quits school to volunteer for the Army in the late '60s. He's shipped off to Vietnam, where he serves with a culturally diverse group of fellow soldiers under two men who lead the platoon: Sgt. Barnes (Tom Berenger), whose facial scars are a mirror of the violence and corruption of his soul, and Sgt. Elias (Willem Dafoe), who maintains a Zen-like calm in the jungle and fights with both personal and moral courage even though he no longer believes in the war. After a few weeks in country, Taylor begins to see the naïveté of his views of the war, especially after a quick search for enemy troops devolves into a round of murder and rape. Unlike Hollywood's first wave of Vietnam movies (including The Deer Hunter, Apocalypse Now, and Coming Home), Platoon is a grunts-eye view of the war, touching on moral issues but focusing on the men who fought the battles and suffered the wounds. In this sense, it resembles older war movies more than its Vietnam peers, as it mixes familiar elements of onscreen battle with small realistic details: bugs, jungle rot, exhaustion, C-rations, marijuana, and counting the days before you go home. This mix of traditional war movie elements with a contemporary sensibility won Platoon four Oscars including Best Picture and Best Director, and a reputation as one of the definitive modern war films.~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Who's the cast of Platoon (1986)?
- Tom Berenger as Staff Sgt. Bob Barnes
- Willem Dafoe as Sgt. Elias Grodin
- Charlie Sheen as Pvt. Chris Taylor
- Forest Whitaker as Big Harold
- Francesco Quinn as Rhah
- John C. McGinley as Sgt. Red O'Neill
- Richard Edson as Sal
- Kevin Dillon as Bunny
- Reggie Johnson as Junior
- Keith David as King
Who's the director behind Platoon (1986)?
Oliver Stone directed Platoon (1986).
Who produced Platoon (1986)?
John Daly, Derek Gibson and Arnold Kopelson produced Platoon (1986).
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