Story Line
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.
“In Vietnam, the wind doesn't blow. It sucks.”
Top Cast
Matthew Modine
Pvt. Joker
Adam Baldwin
Animal Mother
Vincent D'Onofrio
Pvt. Pyle
R. Lee Ermey
Gny. Sgt. Hartman
Dorian Harewood
Eightball
Kevyn Major Howard
Rafterman
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Rating
8.1/ 10
Release Date
1987-06-26
Runtime
1h 57m
Genres
DramaWar
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User Reviews (4)
Ian Beale
6/10
•2/15/2017**The second half is better than the first half.**
A film of two halves.
The first half of the fiim focuses on the training of raw recruits and features shenanigans we have seen countless times before - think _Stripes_ and _Police Academy_.
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CRCulver
9/10
•7/31/2018Released in 1986, <i>Full Metal Jacket</i> is Stanley Kubrick's film about Vietnam, adapted from a novel by the reclusive and bitter Vietnam veteran Gustav Harford, and then further expanded by acclaimed Vietnam journalist Michael Herr.
The film b...
John Chard
7/10
•10/6/2020The Marine's don't want robots - they want killers.
This is the journey undertaken by Private "Joker" J.T. Davis, from brutal training camp to Vietnam itself.
As most people know by now, Full Metal Jacket is divided very much into two different...
Wuchak
7/10
•6/14/2025**_Kubrick emphasizes Marine Corps boot camp and urban warfare in Vietnam_**
A high school journalist (Matthew Modine) goes to boot camp on Parris Island where he helps a struggling recruit (Vincent D'Onofrio) before serving as a chronicler of the...