Američki filmski redatelj Oliver Stone sudjelovao je u vijetnamskom ratu i dobio odličja za hrabrost. Ovaj film opisuje doživljaje manje vojne postrojbe u ratu za koji Stone drži da je bio velika američka pogreška. Zbivanja pratimo kroz neku vrstu "dnevničke" ispovijedi mladog dobrovoljca (C. Sheen) koji će tek na licu mjesta shvatiti koliko je njegov idealizam bio naivan i koliko je taj rat strašan. Kako se nižu ratni okršaji, tako se mladi vojnik suočava i s naličjem rata - drogom koju vojnici uživaju i bezrazložnim nasiljem nad civilnim stanovništvom. Te 1967. rat je blizu kambodžanske granice poprimio apokaliptične dimenzije. Mladić je rastrgan između utjecaja dvojice nižih časnika, hladnog i okrutnog profesionalca (T. Berenger) i "humanista" (W. Dafoe) onoliko koliko se to u ratu uopće može biti. I zbog hiperrealizma kojim je rat prikazan, ali i zbog snažne osude rata, film je dobio četiri Oscara: za najbolji film, režiju, zvuk i montažu.
Oliver Stones breakthrough as a director, Platoon is a brutally realistic look at a young soldiers tour of duty in Vietnam. Chris Taylor (Charlie Sheen) is a 1968 college student who quits school to volunteer for the Army. Hes shipped off to Vietnam, where he serves with a culturally diverse group of fellow soldiers and under the 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 naďvete of his views of the war, especially after a quick search for enemy troops devolves into a round of murder and rape. Unlike Hollywoods first wave of Vietnam movies (including The Deer Hunter, Apocalypse Now, and Coming Home), Platoon is a grunts-eye-view of the war...
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