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Platoon (1986)

R (US) | USA | English | 120 min

Directed by: Oliver Stone

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Directed by Oliver Stone, this film follows a young soldier's harrowing experience in the Vietnam War. He witnesses the moral dilemmas and brutal realities of conflict, as well as the division and moral decay within his platoon. This intense journey through war's heart of darkness is both gripping and thought-provoking. Highly recommended for its powerful direction and profound exploration of the human condition under extreme circumstances.

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Awards

BAFTA Film Award 1988

Best Editing

Winner

Oscar 1987

Best Film Editing

Winner

Cast & Crew

Oliver Stone

Director

Keith David

King

Forest Whitaker

Big Harold

Francesco Quinn

Rhah

Kevin Dillon

Bunny

John C. McGinley

Sgt. O'Neill

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Release Date

USA

(limited)

1986-12-19

Turkey

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1986-12-24

Kuwait

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1987

Also Known As (A.K.A.)

Platoon

(Original title)

Pelotón

Argentina

Platoon

Australia

Parent Guide

Overall this is a very violent movie, not just graphic violence but graphic in tone as well.

American soldiers eventually start fighting each other, due to their frustration. One soldier grabs a knife and attempts to kill another soldier, but his men tells him to calm down.

An American soldier's corpse is seen pinned to a tree with a moderate amount of blood visible.

An American soldier holds a gun to a Vietnamese girl's head in front of her family, but another soldier punches him in the face and the two fight until a third soldier breaks them up. Both bleed.

A man is blinded by shrapnel and covers his face screaming before a Vietnamese soldier comes up and unloads a gun on him.

A man is wounded by an explosion nearby, another man cuts into him with a knife to rip the shrapnel out.

Two men are blown to pieces after an airstrike is called on them.

A man is shot in the lungs and has trouble breathing while oozing blood. It is implied that a man is piecing his internals back in. Scene isn't graphic.

A man runs away and another man shoots him from a distance, killing him.

A brief scene of taking wounded men back to an Aid zone, though it is a short scene there are many sitings of wounded men, dead mutilated bodies, and medic is covered in blood.

An unarmed Vietnamese woman is shot in the head at close range as her husband and daughter look on in horror; we see blood spray from the wound, very graphic.

A Vietnamese soldier is taunted before having his head bashed in with a rifle butt. This is implied and offscreen and quite unrealistic as only quiet thuds heard. Some blood sprays onto the perpetrator's face, but this is not graphic. The whole scene is intense, disturbing, and horrifying however.

One soldier loses a hand when another soldier accidentally throws a grenade in his direction (some blood is shown). Two men are in a Vietnamese bunker when it explodes, and one emerges with no arms.

One soldier has his leg blown off by a booby trap (the injury is not shown).

In one battle scene, a soldier runs away from his foxhole, but runs into a tree and is then bayoneted by a Vietnamese soldier.

It is implied that a young Vietnamese girl was raped by American tropps. This is not seen however, although you do see a group of Americans soldiers crowded around laughing while she is crying.

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