Timothy Bottoms, Marsha Hunt, Jason Robards
A young American soldier, hit by a shell on the last day of the First World War, lies in a hospital bed, a quadruple amputee who has lost his eyes, ears, mouth and nose. He remains conscious, and able...( read more
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DVD Release Date: May 12, 2009
Stats: 373 reviews
Not your average "guns & glory" war film. In fact, this is a script that could have easily been adapted for The Twilight Zone or Tales From the Crypt. Scary and Powerful.
One of the most oppressive, disturbing and truthful declarations against the barbarity and futility of war.
For some reason I had always thought it was a dark, freakish master piece of the 1970s, the best consequence of the Vietnam War with Rambo I in a way.
Well, I was wrong. It is tedious, unchallenging, the actors are dreadful, the camera work nor the story are imaginative. In other...( read more)
A touching anti-war movie.Curious to find out?The enthralling hospital events are cut in accordance to Johnny's memories of his past life...before becoming a "plant" in the battlefield.So the doctors think.Trumbo justifies his hero's sanity through symbolic divisions and a helpin...( read more)
The finest anti-war film I ever seen, you just gotta see this film, I think it's very important.
a good film to really get the viewer thinking of the horror's of war. but some of the flashback scenes were very poorly acted. It has one of my favorite qoutes though. Question:"what is democracy?". Answer: "i think it's got something to do with young men killing each other, i be...( read more)
Recommended by Nordica.
This movie looks really good but also really depressing so i will be giving it a miss at least for the time being.
Probably most well known for being used as inspiration/video for Metallica's "One", a strong and powerful antiwar movie in the best possible way.
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