Film

Full Metal Jacket 1987

Directed by Stanley Kubrick

  • Drama, War
  • 117 min
  • R

In Vietnam, the wind doesn't blow. It sucks.

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.

DramaWarrescuesnipervietnam warsuicidevietnamhelicopterarmyprostitutebased on novel or bookpropagandawar correspondentjournalism

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  • Graphic violence

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