Full Metal Jacket
(1987)
★ 8.2 IMDb · 850,103 votes
Year: 1987
Runtime: 116 min
Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
Director: Стэнли Кубрик
Cast: Мэттью Модайн, Адам Болдуин, Винсент Д’Онофрио, Р. Ли Эрми, Дориан Хэрвуд
Plot
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.
A two-segment look at the effect of the military mindset and war itself on Vietnam era Marines. The first half follows a group of recruits in boot camp under the command of the punishing Gunnery Sergeant Hartman. The second half shows one of those recruits, Joker, covering the war as a correspondent for Stars and Stripes, focusing on the Tet offensive.