New York Daily News reviews “Platoon” in 1986. This mercilessly intense movie is definitely not for the faint of heart. The atmosphere remains highly charged from beginning to end.

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Of course, I'm only referring to the movie Platoon, Oliver Stone's award-winning film about a big, happy, camouflage-wearing family. It's Platoon 's 25th anniversary this year.

PLATOON Directed and Written by Oliver Stone. ... but Platoon is still the most impressive movie to deal with the fighting in Viet Nam. Apocalypse Now was, by comparison, ... Elias, a night-world ...

Elias contrasts with a charismatic type of leadership style which provide[s] ... Platoon is still a powerful movie. The firefight scenes are some of the most realistic ever filmed.

They finally got it right. After the cartoon machismo of “Rambo,” the wish fulfillment fantasy of “Uncommon Valor” and “Missing in Action,” the Hollywood dream m… ...

***** Platoon: Though this powerful, wrenching movie is emotionally complex, it has the kind of classic war-picture hero that we associate with much simpler films. Here, we see the Vietnam War thro… ...

Majestic continues classic movie series with Oliver Stone’s gritty war drama ‘Platoon’ offers no escapist fantasies Skip to main content Skip to main content ...