Story Line
As a young and naive recruit in Vietnam, Chris Taylor faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.
“The first casualty of war is innocence.”
Top Cast
Charlie Sheen
Chris Taylor
Willem Dafoe
Sergeant Elias Grodin
Tom Berenger
Sergeant Robert "Bob" Barnes
Kevin Dillon
Bunny
Forest Whitaker
Big Harold
Mark Moses
Lieutenant Wolfe
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Rating
7.7/ 10
Release Date
1986-12-19
Runtime
2h 0m
Genres
DramaWarAction
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User Reviews (3)
tricksy
No rating•6/10/2015
Platoon is a must see. The film that put Stone on the map, Platoon is considered by Vietnam Vets as the most realistic. But in keeping the maxim of giving credit where credit is due, much of the success of Platoon belongs to military adviser Captain ...
Filipe Manuel Neto
9/10
•12/26/2023**A film with a good script and good characters, but which exaggerates some things and is as anti-war as almost all films about Vietnam.**
The Vietnam War is one of the most brutal conflicts the US was involved in the 20th century, and one of the ...
CinemaSerf
7/10
•3/9/2026The corn at home might have been green, but nowhere near as green as “Chris” (Charlie Sheen) when he arrives in Vietnam ready to take up arms against the well entrenched Viet-Cong. The scene as he arrives speaks volumes as his far most experienced co...