Full Metal Jacket

Vietnam can kill me, but it can’t make me care.

Plot Summary

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.

8.1 /10

1987

US

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helicopter

army

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based on novel or book

propaganda

war correspondent

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critical

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audacious

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disapproving

frustrated

harsh

scathing