It follows Private First Class Chris Taylor Charlie Sheen as he enlists to fight in the Vietnam War.

Platoon movie unit. Charlie Sheen in Platoon In 1986 Platoon blew viewers away with a heavy dose of cinematic napalm. Platoon is often regarded as one of the most realistic and exceptional war films of all time and for good reason. The unit that the movie is about is the 25th Infantry Division Light based out of Schofield Barracks Hawaii.

However the perils of combat soon have him facing a rather potent moral dilemma. Even though the story is fictional he keeps it really realistic and the more close possible to what was reality in Vietnam. Elias Willem Dafoe who is likewise tough and experienced but who strives to hold fast to his moral centre.

This is from the units nickname Tropic Lightning due to our speed in deploying to far flung places. A line is drawn between the two NCOs and a number of men in the platoon when an illegal killing occurs during a village raid. Stones Platoon was promoted as the first Vietnam film made by a real-life veteran of the war and more than lives up to that promise.

The film was released to the cinemas in the USA on 19 December 1986. Platoon is a war film based on the real-life experiences that the director Oliver Stone had when he was serving as a US. A merciless ultra-violent depiction of the horror and.

The platoon goes out on patrol in the trackless and inhospitable jungle dealing with mud thick bushes snakes and ants. 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. The 9th Company Russian.

A company is made up of 3 or 4 Platoons. His platoon commander is Lieutenant Wolfe Mark Moses but authority in the unit actually rests with Sgt. Back to the Future Pulp Fiction Young Einstein and of course Platoon.