One of a series of revisionist Vietnam cinema released in the late 1980s, Stanley ... more
Kubrick'sFull Metal Jacketis essentially split into two stories linked by a number of characters. The film follows new recruit Joker (Matthew Modine) and his fellow soldi...
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A superb ensemble cast falls in for action in Stanley Kubrick's brilliant saga about the ... more
Vietnam War and the dehumanizing process that turns people into trained killers. Joker (Matthew Modine), Animal Mother (Adam Baldwin), Gomer (Vincent D'Onofrio), Eightball (Dorian Harewood), Cowboy (Arliss Howard) and more - all are plunged into a boot-camp hell pitbulled by a leatherlung D.I. (Lee Ermey) who views the would-be devil dogs as grunts, maggots or something less. The action is savage, the story unsparing, the dialogue spiked with scathing humor. Full Metal Jacket, from its rigors of basic training to its nightmare of combat in Hue City, scores a cinematic direct hit.
A superb ensemble cast falls in for action in Stanley Kubrick's brilliant saga about the ... more
Vietnam War and the dehumanizing process that turns people into trained killers. Joker, Animal Mother, Gomer, Eightball, Cowboy and more - all are plunged into a boot-camp hell pitbulled by a leatherlung D.I. who views the would-be devil dogs as grunts, maggots or something less. The action is savage, the story unsparing, the dialogue spiked with scathing humor. Full Metal Jacket, from its rigours of basic training to its nightmare of combat in Hue City, scores a cinematic direct hit.
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Advantages: Newly Remastered Disadvantages: Bad if you don't like war films
Out of all the war films about Vietnam, Platoon and Hamburger Hill being some of the most popular, FullMetalJacket stands out there as the forerunner.
Based on the novel "The Short-Timers" by Gustav Hasford, the film is essentially split into two stories linked by a number of characters. The film follows a new recruit, Joker, with his fellow soldiers through basic training and right into the conflict in Vietnam. The first half of this film is the chilling tale of military brutality mainly at the hands of the drill Sgt Hartman (who was played by ex-marine Lee Ermey). This part of the film mainly centres around Private Pyle, a new-recruit pushed to the edge of his limits.
The second half of the film centres around the new-recruits after they have been transported into the combat zone. This part or the film mostly deals with one ...
One of director Stanley Kubrick's most successful films (along with the renowned "The Shining), FullMetalJacket (based on the novel by Gustav Hasford) tells the stroy of a group of soldiers Fighting the Vietcong in the hostile environment of Vietnam. It follows the platoon from their conception in training through to the horrors that faced thousands of Americans when they reached the unkown Asian continent.
The Vietnamese war, one of controversy, has been the basis of many Hollywood productions over the years, but Kubrick's production brings together both the fighting done and the personal views, of soldiers. With focus on a small group of soldiers, there is a intimate feel to the story as you follow their plight.
Despit the obvious connotaions with violence, there is a strong "anti-war" them running throughout with main ...
Advantages: Acting, sets and special effects. Disadvantages: Where did the end go???
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FullMetalJacket is Stanley Kubrick?s painful depiction of the lives of new marine trainees as they go through training, graduate and finally end up in Vietnam. A large proportion of the film focuses on the harsh and inhumane training designed to dehumanize people and turn them into, with the help of the demoralising D.I (Lee Ermey), into indestructible killers for the benefit of the United States, men without fear. The D.I?s treatment to the trainee?s is so brutal that some can?t take anymore of the mental hardship. Whilst exploring both the physical and mental suffering of marine trainees the films main focus is on one man, ?Joker? (Matthew Modine).
After graduation most of the new marines end up in Vietnam and then the film takes a more direct view point as it follows Joker as he is released into ...
The story follows marine Private Joker, from his extra-tough boot camp training through to climatic involvement in the Vietnam War and particularly the heavy fighting at Hue during the bloody 1968 Tet offensive.
Release details
DVD Region
DVD
Studio(s)
WARNER HOME VIDEO; CINRAM LOGISTICS
Release date
20/11/2006
Catalogue No
HD 80931
Barcode
7321900809313
Languages
Main Language
English
Technical information
Special Features
Interactive menu
Sound
Dolby Digital
DVD Description
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, 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 first half ends with a devastating, unforgettable scene, leading into the second half, which takes the grunts to Hue City, the climactic battle of the 1968 Tet Offensive and the turning point of the Vietnam War. The story is told through the eyes of Private Joker (Matthew Modine), a cynical aspiring photojournalist who is soon forced to fight for his life and the lives of his fellow recruits. The sniper scene, which takes place amid bombed-out buildings (rather than in the familiar jungles), serves as a microcosm for the Vietnam War--as well as war in general. FULL METAL JACKET is an unrelenting, intelligent, and challenging examination of war told by a master filmmaker.
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