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Platoon is a 1986 American war film written and directed by Oliver Stone and stars Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Charlie Sheen & Keith David. It is the first of Stone's Vietnam War trilogy, followed by 1989's Born on the Fourth of July and 1993's Heaven & Earth.[1]
Stone wrote the story based upon his experiences as a U.S. infantryman in Vietnam, as a counter to the vision of the war portrayed in John Wayne's The Green Berets.[2] The film won the Academy Award for Best Picture of 1986. In 2007, the American Film Institute placed Platoon at #83 in their "AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies" poll. British television channel Channel 4 voted Platoon as the 6th greatest war film ever made, behind Full Metal Jacket and ahead of A Bridge
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Plot
In 1967, Chris Taylor (Charlie Sheen) is a young American who has abandoned college for combat duty in Vietnam. Upon arrival, he sees dead soldiers in body bags being loaded into his plane. Taylor and several other replacements have been assigned to Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division, "somewhere near the Cambodian border." Worn down by the exhausting work and poor living conditions, his enthusiasm for the war wanes and he develops an admiration for the more experienced soldiers, despite their reluctance to extend their friendship.
One night while on ambush patrol, his sleeping unit is set upon by a squad of Vietnam People's Army (North Vietnamese Army, NVA) soldiers, who are forced to retreat following a gunfight. Gardner, a fellow new recruit, is killed, and another soldier, Tex, is maimed by "friendly fire" from a grenade thrown by Sergeant O'Neill (John C. McGinley). Despite having passed the watch duty to Junior, a more experienced soldier who fell asleep, Taylor is blamed for the casualties. Staff Sergeant Barnes (Tom Berenger) criticizes Taylor and holds him as a scapegoat, while Sergeant Elias (Willem Dafoe) defends Taylor. Taylor discovers a light wound to his neck, and he is sent to the field hospital for treatment.
Taylor returns to base from the hospital and gains acceptance from a tight-knit group in his unit (the "Heads") that socializes, dances, and consumes drugs in an underground clubhouse. He finds a mentor in a poorly-educated but wise veteran, King (Keith David). Next door, more conservative members of the unit drink beer and play cards. As the patrols continue, Taylor becomes a more seasoned soldier, no longer standing out amongst the others. During one patrol, a soldier (Manny) goes missing. His mutilated body is found tied to a post close by. Two other soldiers are killed by a booby trap while searching an abandoned bunker. The platoon soon reaches a nearby village, where a food and weapons cache is discovered. The soldiers explore the village. In one house, Taylor discovers a mentally and physically disabled young man and an elderly woman hiding in a ditch beneath the floor. Taylor "snaps," taunting the man and shooting at the ground before his foot, forcing him to "dance." Sergeant O'Neill, responding to the shots fired, tells the group to vacate the hut. Bunny (Kevin Dillon) turns to leave, then attacks the one-legged man with the butt of his shotgun, bludgeoning him to death.
Despite the villagers' denials, Barnes believes they are aiding Viet Cong soldiers and shoots a defiant woman (the village chief's wife) in the head. When the murdered woman's daughter cries out, Barnes takes the child at gunpoint, threatening to shoot her next if the villagers do not reveal the whereabouts of the Viet Cong. Sergeant Elias arrives and gets into a fistfight with Barnes over the incident. Second Lieutenant Wolfe (Mark Moses) ends the fight, and orders the men to burn the village. As the men leave, Taylor comes across a group of soldiers (including Morehouse, Bunny, Tony and Junior) raping a Vietnamese girl. Taylor stops the attack and rescues the girl.
Upon returning to base, Elias reports Barnes' actions to Captain Harris (Dale Dye), who cannot afford to remove Barnes due to a lack of personnel; he warns the sergeants to "cease fire." Harris says that if he found out an illegal killing took place, then "there will be a court-martial." Taylor speaks of this as "a civil war in the platoon. Half with Elias, half with Barnes." On their next patrol the platoon is ambushed and becomes pinned down in a firefight. Elias takes three men, including Taylor and Rhah, and goes to intercept flanking enemy troops. Barnes orders the rest of the platoon to retreat to be airlifted from the area, and goes back into the jungle to find Elias' group. After sending his men back, Barnes finds Elias, fires three rounds at Elias', hitting him, and leaves him for dead. Barnes reaches the helicopter, telling the others that Elias is dead. After they take off, a severely wounded Elias emerges from the jungle, running from a group of NVA soldiers. Taylor glances over at Barnes and reads the apprehension on his face as the helicopter circles in to rescue Elias. However, Elias dies before he can be rescued, after being hit several more times.
At the base, Taylor attempts to talk his group into killing Barnes in retaliation. A drunk Barnes overhears this, and enters the room, taunting and daring them to kill him. No one takes up the offer, but as Barnes leaves, Taylor attacks him. Barnes manages to get the upper hand, and holds a knife to Taylor's face. However, Rhah (Francesco Quinn) talks Barnes out of killing Taylor, so he leaves, but not before cutting him under the eye.
The platoon is later sent back to the ambush area in order to build and maintain heavy defensive positions against potential attack. Taylor shares a foxhole with Francis (Corey Glover). That night a large attack occurs, (Stone based the attack on a real life battle he survived) and the defensive lines are broken. Bunny, Junior, and Wolfe are killed, while O'Neill survives in his foxhole by hiding under a dead soldier. Captain Harris orders his air support to expend all remaining ordinance inside his perimeter. During the chaos, Barnes and Taylor come face-to-face. Just before Barnes can pummel Taylor, with his E-tool, both men are knocked unconscious by the napalm bursts. A wounded Taylor regains consciousness the next morning and finds Barnes, who is also wounded. Taylor aims an enemy AK-47 at Barnes, who dares him to pull the trigger. Taylor shoots Barnes three times in the torso, killing him. Taylor is about to commit suicide before American reinforcements encounter him. Taylor is loaded onto the helicopter. Francis, who survived the battle unharmed but deliberately stabbed himself, reminds Taylor that because they have been wounded twice, they can go home. O'Neill, who also survived the battle, is told he will replace Barnes. The helicopter flies away and Taylor weeps as he stares down at the destruction
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Pentium III 600 or better
128mb ram or better
32mb video card or better
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