The film follows a single platoon which is part of the company commanded by Captain Harris.

Platoon movie lieutenant wolfe. McGinley and drug addict Sergeant Warren Tony Todd. Staff Sergeant Platoon sergeant. More American men are injured when Lieutenant Wolfe accidentally orders a friendly fireto his own unit before Barnes called him.

His platoon commander is Lieutenant Wolfe Mark Moses but authority in the unit actually rests with Sgt. Bunny Junior Doc Lt. US Army leadership classes have used Wolfe an example of how a junior officer should not behave.

Elias Willem Dafoe who is likewise tough and experienced but who strives to hold fast to his moral centre. Thus the other sergeants and even Lt. Shortly Eliass squad consisting largely of green recruits is sent out on patrol.

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The movie hardly stops to register their deaths. Platoon is a 1986 Vietnam War film written and directed by Oliver Stone who based his screenplay upon his own experiences as a combat infantryman in both the. Chris Taylor is a volunteer for the US.

One day another new arrival platoon commander Lieutenant Wolfe Mark Moses discusses the plans for a patrol later that night with the platoon sergeants. Oscars Best Picture Winners Best Picture Winners Golden Globes Emmys LGBTQ Pride Month STARmeter Awards San Diego Comic-Con New York Comic-Con Sundance Film Festival Toronto Intl Film Festival Awards Central Festival Central All Events. Platoon 4K UHD 4574 81 1 h 59 min 1986 X-Ray HDR UHD R This searing autobiographical drama chronicles the Vietnam experiences of naive volunteer soldier Chris Taylor whose view of the conflict starts to change after witnessing murder and rape at the hands of his compatriots.