The greatest movie ever made? A soldier is sent into the Heart of Darkness to retrieve a commander gone AWOL in an insane reality of tin-pot power, paranoia and inglorious killing. The horror of war is stripped naked in a surreal twilight world. The crew nearly went mad making it, Martin Sheen suffered a heart attack and Coppola flew so far beyond budget that the word 'bankrupt' was nearly redefined. See "Heart of Darkness"...
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APOCALYPSE NOW REDUX (1979)
Certification18 Our Rating
The definitive 'Apocalypse Now' (as if the original wasn't pretty definitive) this has nearly an hour of extra footage fleshing out the surreal journey of our central protagonists and, though it brings the film to a whisker short of three and a half hours, much of it explains what happens to the eclectic characters we meet. The cut version of 'Apocalypse Now' stands as one of the most awesome films of modern cinema, anyone who has seen it will inevitably see it again, it's just that now you have
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BIG WEDNESDAY (1978)
CertificationPG Our Rating
Set between 1962 and 1974 this traces the story of three buddies from adolescent surfing champs to post-Vietnam trauma. As the times change they find their youth is lost until one vital Wednesday in 1974 when there is a Big Swell and they hit the waves again, superb.
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BIRDY (1985)
Certification15 Our Rating
Two soldiers return from Vietnam, one mentally scarred, the other physically. We flashback to their childhood and the fascination the slightly crazy one has with flying. So maybe after the horror of war it's a more logical decision to be a bird! A brilliant film about disillusionment, growing up and existential madness.
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DOG SOLDIERS (1978)
Certification18 Our Rating
A brutal gripping thriller that finds Vietnam Vet Ray Hicks, a character modelled on notorious beatnik Neal Cassady, helping out an old friend by smuggling a stash of heroin into the States. Double-crossed and ambushed Ray barely escapes with his life, a state of affairs his attackers are determined to rectify. Released in the US as 'Who'll Stop The Rain?', "Dog Soldiers" is a tight, hard, action adventure with emotional depth, engaging characters and is one of the best American films of the lat
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FOXCATCHER (2014)
Certification15 Our Rating
When wealthy John du Pont invites Olympic wrestler Mark Schultz to move to his estate and help form a wrestling team for the 1988 Seoul Olympics, Mark sees a way to step out of the shadow of his charismatic and revered
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GOOD MORNING VIETNAM (1987)
Certification15 Our Rating
Robin Williams is perfectly cast as the renegade DJ sent to Vietnam to boost morale. With his sarcastic parodies of the US war machine he is loved by the men but hated by the top brass. A fast, witty and towering performance guided by assured direction from Levinson. Superb!
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M.A.S.H (1969)
Certification15 Our Rating
Not to be confused with the TV series, good though that was this is the original item that started it all off. Blacker harder-hitting and funnier than the TV version, although featuring the same characters and some of the same actors. An all-time classic anti-war movie. Just brilliant, see it!
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PLATOON (1986)
Certification15 Our Rating
Oliver Stone's autobiographical account of life at the front in Vietnam deservedly swept the Oscars. It is particularly strong in portraying the tensions within the army social group between the brutal all-American rednecks and the more liberally inclined cynics.
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R-POINT (2004)
Certification15 Our Rating
The Vietman war is setting for this tight horror thriller about a team of soldiers who are sent on a search and rescue mission after a radio transmission is received from a unit sent in 6 months previously and presumed missing. The mission becomes far more complex when the soldiers find themselves under threat from an unseen and deadly enemy. Though with the odd tacky moment, and some moments of banal behaviour, this movie is full of little suprises and very creepy, with a very taut sense of psc
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