Beskrivelse: [ Dansk Engelsk ]
Oliver Stones prisbelønnede storfilm er baseret på hans egne oplevelser under Vietnamkrigen.
Sergent Barnes er en kold og hensynsløs veteran, der nyder at myrde vietnamesere. Hans modstykke er sergent Elias, som har et mere humant syn på de indfødte.
Under en razzia på en landsby skyder Barnes en kvinde, fordi hun efter hans mening råber lidt for højt. Elias forhindrer en total massakre på landsbyen og påtænker at indberette Barnes. Men delingen sendes i kamp umiddelbart efter, og her øjner Barnes muligheden for at lukke munden på Elias. Beskrivelse: [ Dansk Engelsk ]
In PLATOON, Oliver Stone uses his experience as an infantryman in Vietnam to convey the immediacy of guerrilla warfare: the brutal heat of the jungle, the brushes with such wildlife as snakes and leeches, and, most powerfully, the presence of the unseen enemy. Charlie Sheen stars as Chris, a raw recruit, or new meat, who serves as the film's narrator. At first he wilts under the rigorous conditions of jungle life, freezes up in a firefight, and wonders whether he'll be able to survive. But he gradually adapts and, as time goes by, begins to see that the platoon is divided into two groups. One consists of lifers, juicers, and subintelligent whites, the other of blacks and heads. Sgt. Barnes, a combat-loving burnout (Tom Berenger), is the informal leader of the lifers, and Sgt. Elias, a free spirit (Willem Dafoe), leads the latter group. When the platoon takes some gruesome losses while on an o.p., an enraged Barnes kills some Vietnamese who may or may not have been VC and orders the burning of their village, outraging the temporarily absent Elias. As the conflict between these two reaches its tragic denouncement, Chris must decide what he really values. Widely regarded as one of the finest war films ever made, PLATOON reflects not only the nation's division over Vietnam but it intimately conveys timeless verities of battle: terror, disorientation, exhilaration, and horrible loss. |
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