Platoon (DVD) Reviews

I’m not the biggest fan of Oliver Stone, although I do appreciate that he has directed some excellent movies over the years, several of which I’ve found to be exceptional. I therefore can’t really explain why it took me so long to get around to watching 'Platoon', one of the most critically acclaimed movies of the ...  Read the complete review

This film has some classic one liners, that you will not forget. First things first you have O.Stone made this movie, this man can produce the very best movies and yet again this does not fall below his very high standard he has set. The plot is the basic Vietnam war film with a bunch of young americans experiancing the reality of a ...  Read the complete review

Platoon is probably the best of the Vietnam movies (Casualties Of War coming a close second) and it was the film that fully established Oliver Stone as an A-list director. Charlie Sheen (looking coincidentally like his father in Apocalypse Now) stars with good support from Tom Berenger and Willem Dafoe (both were nominated for an Oscar) and the ...  Read the complete review

Platoon must be the best Vietnam film to date. Everything about this film is top notch, from the intelligent script to the great acting and storyline. Even the soundtrack is excellent, with some great Motown, with Smokey Robinson's 'tracks of my tears' the highlight. Moving away from the gung-ho war films of the seventies and early ...  Read the complete review

This is definitly one of the top 3 American Vietnam movies (OddAngry shot, Australian)along with Apocalypse Now and The Green Berets I think this has covered the levels of sentiment towards the war and the countrys involvement very well. Although I was not in the American services I did serve 20 years in the Canadian Forces and I can sort of ...  Read the complete review

I thought the film was very good. It didn't play too much on the harshness of life, the corruption of the Armed Forces and the ridiculusness of the situation. Sure, it was all in there, but the film simply acknowledged these factors, then moved on to tell a great story. There are great monologues, action sequences and camera angles. It all ...  Read the complete review