Adam Glover and Sal Richard Edson are killed when they stumble upon a booby trap attached to a box of documents.

Platoon movie explained. Platoon is a semi-autobiographical film about Stones experience in combat and it even features the same infantry division that Stone was in while. It has the feel of a Vietnam movie with all of the drugs and 60s music and also the moral conflicts involved. During one patrol on New Years Day January 1 1968 the platoon finds what appears to be an abandoned bunker.

It was a well-earned victory with critics still to this day naming director Oliver Stones intense drama as one of war. Taylor Goes to the Dark Side First and most importantly Taylor kills Barnes. There is a heavy emotional destruction that goes on as they are not only killing the other young men.

Barnes severely wounded himself says Do it. Platoon American war film released in 1986 that was written and directed by Oliver Stone and was regarded by many critics as one of the best of the movies about the Vietnam War. The platoon gets caught in.

Early on its revealed that Barnes actually has more internal power than Lieutenant Wolfe Mark Moses which establishes Berengers facially-scarred character as the Alpha Male. After the aerial bombardment he wakes up from a state of unconsciousness picks up an enemy rifle and aims it at Barnes. Released in 1986 Platoon was a massive hit with audiences and critics winning both Best Picture and Best Director at the Academy Awards.

That screenplay was actually based on Stones earlier screenplay Break a semi-autobiographical account of his experiences and people he knew in Vietnam. I of course particularly appreciated the power struggle going on between Barnes and Elias over who would control Chriss actions. It follows Private First Class Chris Taylor Charlie Sheen as he enlists to fight in the Vietnam War.

Elias explores a series of tunnels connected to the bunker. A young recruit in Viet Nam faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man. Chris and other new recruits are made immediately aware that their future is going to be bleak harsh and very.