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- SoldierAnti WarChaos and MayhemMilitary LifeBattlesMilitaryMind and SoulChaos more...
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Genres:
- DramaWar
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Time/Period:
- 20th Century60sVietnam War
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- VietnamBattle ZoneMilitary Base
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- Boys' Night
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- Award WinnerCritically AcclaimedEssentialModern Classic
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- EpisodicVoice OverGory
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- Based on Book
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- ProfanityStrong Violent Content
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Full Metal Jacket, 1987
English, Vietnamese
UK, USA
Profile of Full Metal Jacket
Full Metal Jacket can be described as biting, disturbing, and contemplative. The plot revolves around anti-war themes, chaos and mayhem, and military life. The main genres are drama and war. In terms of style, Full Metal Jacket is episodic, includes a voice over, and is gory. In approach, it is serious and realistic. It is set, at least in part, on a military base and in a battlezone. Full Metal Jacket is located in Vietnam. It takes place in the 1960s. It is based on a book. Full Metal Jacket has received attention for being a modern classic, essential viewing, and an award winner. It is well suited for a boys' night. Note that it involves strong violent content and profanity.
Summary of Full Metal Jacket
In this riveting look at military life during the Vietnam conflict, Stanley Kubrick, who made the powerful antiwar classics PATHS OF GLORY (WWI) and DR. STRANGELOVE (the Cold War), once again explores the behavior of men in battle. FULL METAL JACKET (1987), adapted from Gustav Hasford's novel THE SHORT TIMERS, is broken down into two very different parts. The first half of the film focuses on the training of a squad of Marine grunts on Parris Island, and more specifically on the troubled relationship between the brutal drill sergeant (a frightening Lee Ermey) and an oafish misfit (a brilliant Vincent D'Onofrio) who just happens to be a sharpshooter. The second half takes the grunts to Hue City, where the climactic battle of the 1968 Tet Offensive--and the turning point of the Vietnam War--took place. The story is told through the eyes of Private Joker (Matthew Modine), a cynical aspiring photojournalist who is forced to fight for his life and the lives of his fellow recruits.
Unusually for Kubrick, FULL METAL JACKET emerged at a time when a trend for films about Vietnam was in full swing. PLATOON had proceeded Kubrick's film by a year, and lesser efforts such as HAMBURGER HILL also emerged in 1987. London's abandoned docklands may not be the most obvious choice of location to replicate the ravages of the Vietnam landscape, but this is where Kubrick shot the film, sticking to his dogged principles of not shooting outside his adopted home. A moving commentary on the dehumanizing process that occurs when soldiers prepare and engage in battle, FULL METAL JACKET is an unforgettable experience from one of the most original voices to ever pick up a movie camera.
Details
| Language: | English, Vietnamese |
| Country: | UK, USA |
| Release date: | 17 June 1987 |
| Runtime: | 116 min |
Cast and Crew
as Pvt. Joker
as Gny. Sgt. Hartman
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Users Reviews
- 17.March.2009
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- by: gothgeek
- gothgeek rated this movie
10/10Must See
- 20.October.2008
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- by: Jason Sacks
- Jason Sacks rated this movie
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