Full Metal Jacket 1987

from Back to the Film! Hosted by Adam, Rob, Blue and Oliver

Send us Fan Mail Is Full Metal Jacket Stanley Kubrick's best film? It has to be up there. Telling the story of a platoon of young marines during the Vietnam war. A film of two halves the first showing the brutal training involved in training for war the second half the brutal reality of being in a war situation. With competition from Platoon, Apocalypse Now and The deer Hunter for the title of best Vietnam war film it has to be in with a shout. To leave a suggestion email us at [email protected]

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