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Chris Taylor (Charlie Sheen) leaves his university studies to enlist in combat duty in Vietnam in 1967. Once he's on the ground in the middle of battle, his idealism fades. Infighting in his unit...
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Apr 25, 2022 · MGM. 1.19M subscribers. Subscribed. 3.4K. 587K views 2 years ago #Platoon #MGM. Chris Taylor, a neophyte recruit in Vietnam, finds himself caught in a battle of wills between two sergeants, one...
Chris Taylor (Charlie Sheen) is a young American who has abandoned a privileged life at a university to enlist in the infantry, volunteering for combat duty in Vietnam. The year is September 1967. Upon arrival in Da Nang, South Vietnam, he sees dead soldiers in body bags being loaded into his plane.
Elias ( Willem Dafoe ), another good fighter, but a man who tries to escape from the reality through drugs. Bunny ( Kevin Dillon ), the scared kid, who has become dangerous because that seems like a way to protect himself. There is rarely a clear, unequivocal shot of an enemy soldier.
Release Date: December 19, 1986Winner of four Academy Awards including Best Picture, and based on the first-hand experience of Oscar®-winning director Oliver...
Entertainment. movies. Platoon: Viet Nam, the way it really was, on film. 30 minute read. By Richard Corliss. January 26, 1987 11:40 AM EST. You are getting a free preview of a TIME Magazine...
Platoon (1986) R 12/19/1986 (US) Drama , War , Action 2h. User. Score. What's your Vibe ? Play Trailer. The first casualty of war is innocence. Overview. As a young and naive recruit in Vietnam, Chris Taylor faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.
