Full Metal Jacket
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Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
Overview
A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.
Reviews (3)
Ian Beale (Rated: 6)
The second half is better than the first half.
A film of two halves.
The first half of the fiim focuses on the training of raw recruits and features shenanigans we have seen countless times before - think Stripes and Police Academy.
The persecution of the fat guy - a scenario we ha...
CRCulver (Rated: 9)
Released in 1986, Full Metal Jacket is Stanley Kubrick's film about Vietnam, adapted from a novel by the reclusive and bitter Vietnam veteran Gustav Harford, and then further expanded by acclaimed Vietnam journalist Michael Herr.
The film breaks down neatly into two very different parts, t...
John Chard (Rated: 7)
The Marine's don't want robots - they want killers.
This is the journey undertaken by Private "Joker" J.T. Davis, from brutal training camp to Vietnam itself.
As most people know by now, Full Metal Jacket is divided very much into two different halves, halves that to me show the best and worst...
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