Dale Dye, Dan Martin, Don Harvey
The true story of a group of American soldiers, and their battle-scarred sergeant who takes his problems out on a new squad member during the war in Vietnam.
DVD Release Date: December 11, 2001
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December 1, 2008When a group of soldiers in Vietnam on long patrol kidnap, rape and murder a village girl, new recruit Michael J. Fox finds no-one will listen when he tries to report the crime to his superiors. Casualties Of War is a shocking story that is based on true events and Fox's attempt ...( read more)
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September 5, 2008A touching Vietnam movie. Big in scope and range, thanks to De Palma's bold cinematic tricks, Stephen Burum's cinematography and Ennio Morricone's score, which, as a matter of fact, is not one of his best, but it works.
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December 30, 2007Hard-hitting war flick telling the story of a group of soldiers who kidnap and rape a Vietnamese girl. Too slow at times for me.
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November 11, 2007As much as I Hate Brain DePalma, I got to give him credit for this film. He knows how to make this film stick with you. It's absolutley haunting to watch these soliders. Sean Penn and Michael J. Fox both showed in this film why they are the stars they are today with there top-no...( read more)
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October 12, 2009way too similar to platoon for me. seemed to be de palma's answer to the war genre
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June 19, 2009An admirable and epic effort. Sadly, it doesn't fully work; instead coming across contrived and manipulative. The actors aren't as convincing as they should be and the film suffers from overly familiar material. Still, it does have some powerful moments, in particular from Sean P...( read more)
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