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Martin Sheen
Marlon Brando
Frederic Forrest
Laurence Fishburne
Robert Duvall
Dennis Hopper

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Special ops Army captain Ben Willard is sent into the dark heart of the Vietnam War on a classified mission to assassinate rogue colonel Walter Kurtz. His journey includes some of the most iconic war scenes put to film, from surf-loving Lt Col Kilgore, and the famous helicopter attack on a Viet Cong village (to the strains of Wagner), the surreal USO jungle show by Playboy Playmates, to the Do Lung Bridge, the US' last outpost, where soldiers are abandoned to their fate and the only sound, besides explosions, is the yelling of the damned for salvation. Like Dante, every mile brings Willard further into hell with a growing suspicion that Kurtz may not be as crazy as the brass need to believe. -- Marco

03/04/2012 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Apocalypse Now review

Viewing this masterpiece makes you appreciate the goal and brilliance of its director despite several production concerns. A story of how one man (or even a few) can change because of lies and his environment. Captain Benjamin L. Willard (Martin Sheen) was given a special assignment by Lt. General Corman (G. D. Spradlin) and Colonel Lucas (Harrison Ford) to eliminate the deranged Colonel Walter E. Kurtz (Marlon Brando). Willard’s mission is aided by Navy Patrol Boat (PBR) commanded by George "Chief" Phillips (Albert Hall) crewmen Lance Johnson (Sam Bottoms), Jay "Chef" Hicks (Frederic Forrest) and, and Tyrone "Mr. Clean" Miller (Laurence Fishburne). His team meets with the flamboyant Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore (Robert Duvall). As Willard gets close to Kurtz, he encounters an ecl...

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4/4 

01/13/2012 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

"Apocalypse Now" by Yojimbo

A black ops assassin is sent into the jungles of South East Asia to hunt down and kill a one-time career military golden boy who has turned renegade and began operating outside of the chain of command. Francis Ford Coppola's dream-like journey through the horrors and absurdities of the Vietnam war, like 2001: A Space Odyssey before it, is more an experience than a story with any kind of strict middle, beginning and end. It's not the destination that's important. It's chock full of memorable performances from Martin Sheen's Willard who becomes fascinated with his target and shares more in common with him than he'd like to admit, through to Brando's towering presence as the rarely seen, shadow enshrouded god of war who has tired of the hypocritical "rules of engagement". Not forgetting Kilg...

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4/4 

05/21/2010 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

An Original

To describe this movie as insane would be an understatement. I think this movie is spectacular, don't get me wrong ,but its peculiarity is above and beyond which, i think, is what makes it such a good movie. You will remember this movie in greater detail than other movies, even the ones you like more than this one because of the way it was created. It's anti-conflict message shines through in every way that would seem acceptable to the story line. Alot of people seem to think that this is the only message the movie has to offer but it is not. Most of the idea the film tries to get across is the way America tries to stick its nose in, and ultimately overreact to everything it deems as a conflict of interest wether it is or isn't in the eyes of the rest of the world. The vietnam war itself...

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