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Title: Full Metal Jacket (1987)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Matthew Modine | ... | Pvt. Joker | |
| Adam Baldwin | ... | Animal Mother | |
| Vincent D'Onofrio | ... | Pvt. Pyle | |
| R. Lee Ermey | ... | Gny. Sgt. Hartman (as Lee Ermey) | |
| Dorian Harewood | ... | Eightball | |
| Kevyn Major Howard | ... | Rafterman (as Kevyn Major-Howard) | |
| Arliss Howard | ... | Pvt. Cowboy | |
| Ed O'Ross | ... | Lt. Touchdown | |
| John Terry | ... | Lt. Lockhart | |
| Kieron Jecchinis | ... | Crazy Earl | |
| Kirk Taylor | ... | Payback | |
| Tim Colceri | ... | Doorgunner | |
| Jon Stafford | ... | Doc Jay (as John Stafford) | |
| Bruce Boa | ... | Poge Colonel | |
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Ian Tyler | ... | Lt. Cleves |
A two-segment look at the effect of the military mindset and war itself on Vietnam era Marines. The first half follows a group of recruits in boot camp under the command of the punishing Gunnery Sergeant Hartman. The second half shows one of those recruits, Joker, covering the war as a correspondent for Stars and Stripes, focusing on the Tet offensive. Written by Scott Renshaw <as.idc@forsythe.stanford.edu>
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"Seven-six-two millimeter. Full metal jacket." -Pvt. Leonard 'Pyle' Lawrence
Full Metal Jacket is a great movie. Not the best from Kubrick, but works great as a war film. The plot is about a group of soldiers who are turned into killers in marine training, and are then sent off to the Vietnam War.
Kubrick once again does a great job at directing. Modine, D'Onofrio, Baldwin, and Howard give worthy performances, while Ermey gives an Oscar worthy (not even nominated) performance and steals the show. This is a very realistic look at Vietnam, while the battle scenes and script just aren't as satisfying as they are in the second half. Still, it is a wonderful film.
9/10.