Informed by director Oliver Stones personal experiences in Vietnam Platoon forgoes easy sermonizing in favor of a harrowing ground-level view of war bolstered by no-holds-barred performances.

Platoon movie vietnam. Pierre Schoendoerffer Stars. The director and staunch anti-war activist was only 21 years old when he enlisted for combat duty in Vietnam. It is led by the inexperienced idealistic sous-lieutenant Torrens and by adjutant Willsdorf a WWII veteran of the Wehrmacht.

Chris Charlie Sheen and the other soldiers watch helplessly from the helicopter as the wounded Elias Willem Dafoe is g. Hamburger Hill Good Morning Vietnam In Country. Like Charlie Sheen s character in the movie Oliver Stone really did drop out of college and specifically request to serve in the infantry in Vietnam.

In Platoon Writer-director Oliver Stone drops us as he drops his autobiographical 19-year-old Chris Taylor Charlie Sheen into life with the 25th Infantry in Vietnam. Its a war where there seems to be no master plan no big picture and no advances. It follows Private First Class Chris Taylor Charlie Sheen as he enlists to fight in the Vietnam War.

Infantryman in Vietnam in 1967. My Movie Reaction First Time Watching Platoon. With such an authentic portrayal of the battlefield it is no wonder that it is regarded as one of the best Vietnam War films in cinematic history.

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. Platoon - The Death of Sgt. Platoon on the other hand is perhaps the most realistic of Vietnam War movies and pretty much the only major one made by someone who was actually there.

Directed by Oscar-winner Oliver Stone the movie also features exceptional performances by Tom Berenger Willem Dafoe Keith David Kevin Dillon John C. With Charlie Sheen Tom Berenger Willem Dafoe Keith David. A gritty and emotional look at the lives of a platoon of American soldiers as they patrol fight and die in the jungles of Vietnam as seen through the perspective of a young recruit.