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In 1967, U.S. Army volunteer Chris Taylor arrives in South Vietnam and is assigned to an infantry platoon of the 25th Infantry
Division near the Cambodian border. The platoon is officially led by the young and inexperienced Lieutenant Wolfe, but in reality
the soldiers defer to two of his older and more experienced subordinates: the hardened and cynical Staff Sergeant Robert "Bob"
Barnes, and the more idealistic Sergeant Elias. Taylor is immediately sent out with Barnes, Elias and veteran soldiers on a
planned night ambush for a North Vietnamese army force. The NVA soldiers manage to get close to the sleeping Americans before a
brief firefight ensues; Taylor's fellow new recruit Gardener is killed and Taylor himself lightly wounded. After his return from
hospital, Taylor bonds with Elias and his circle of marijuana-smokers while remaining aloof from Barnes and his more hard-edged
followers. During a subsequent patrol, three men are killed by booby traps and unseen assailants. Already on edge, the platoon
is further angered when they discover an enemy supply and weapons cache in a nearby village. Barnes, through a Vietnamese-speaking
soldier, Lerner, aggressively interrogates the village chief about whether the villagers have been aiding the NVA, and cold-bloodedly
shoots the chief's wife dead when she snaps back at him. Elias then arrives, getting into a physical altercation with Barnes over the
killing before Wolfe breaks it up and orders the supplies destroyed and the village razed. Taylor later prevents a gang-rape of
two girls by some of Barnes' men.
When the platoon returns to base, the veteran company commander Captain Harris declares that if he finds out that an illegal killing
took place, a court-martial will ensue, leaving Barnes worried that Elias will testify against him. On their next patrol, the platoon
is ambushed and pinned down in a firefight, in which numerous soldiers are wounded. More men are wounded when Lieutenant Wolfe
accidentally directs an artillery strike onto his own unit before Barnes calls it off. Elias takes Taylor and two other men to
intercept flanking enemy troops. Barnes orders the rest of the platoon to retreat and goes back into the jungle to find Elias'
group. Barnes finds Elias alone and shoots him, then returns and tells Taylor that Elias was killed by the enemy. While the platoon
is extracting via helicopter, they glimpse Elias, mortally wounded, emerging from the treeline and being chased by a group of North
Vietnamese soldiers, who kill him. Taylor realizes that Barnes was responsible. At the base, Taylor attempts to talk his group into
fragging Barnes in retaliation when Barnes, having overheard them, enters the room and mocks them. Taylor assaults the intoxicated
Barnes but is quickly overpowered. Barnes cuts Taylor near his eye with a push dagger before departing.
The platoon is sent back to the front line to maintain defensive positions, where Taylor shares a foxhole with Francis. That night,
a major NVA assault occurs, and the defensive lines are broken. Much of the platoon, including Wolfe and most of Barnes' followers,
are killed in the ensuing battle. During the attack, an NVA sapper, armed with explosives, destroys the battalion headquarters in a
suicide attack. Now in command of the defense, Captain Harris orders his air support to expend all their remaining ordnance inside
his perimeter. During the chaos, Taylor encounters Barnes, who is wounded and driven to insanity. Just as Barnes is about to kill
Taylor, both men are knocked unconscious by an air strike. Taylor regains consciousness the following morning, picks up an enemy
Type 56 rifle, and finds Barnes, who orders Taylor to call a medic. Seeing that Taylor won't help, Barnes contemptuously tells
Taylor to kill him; Taylor does so. Francis, who survived the battle unharmed, deliberately stabs himself in the leg and reminds
Taylor that because they have been twice wounded, they can return home. Taylor waves goodbye to Rhah, the last remaining member
of his “Underworld” marijuana gang and O’Neil, the last surviving officer is given control of 2nd platoon. Helicopters carry
Francis and Taylor away as well as other wounded soldiers. Overwhelmed, Taylor sobs as he glares down at multiple craters full
of corpses.
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Charlie Sheen, Willem Dafoe, Tom Berenger, Forest Whitaker, John C. McGinley,
Johnny Depp, Kevin Dillon, Keith David
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Director: Oliver Stone
Producer: Arnold Kopelson
Released - December 19, 1986
Length - 120 minutes
Music Composer: Georges Delerue
Movie Distributed by Orion Pictures
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