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Casualties of War (1989)

R 08/18/1989 (US) Drama, History, War 1h 53m

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Even in war … murder is murder.

Overview

During the Vietnam War, a soldier finds himself the outsider of his own squad when they unnecessarily kidnap a female villager. Based on the actual events of an incident on Hill 192 in November, 1966.

Brian De Palma

Director
Daniel Lang

Novel
David Rabe

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Top Billed Cast

Michael J. Fox

Private Eriksson
Sean Penn

Sgt. Tony Meserve
Don Harvey

Cpl. Thomas E. Clark
John C. Reilly

Private Herbert Hatcher
John Leguizamo

Private Antonio Diaz
Ving Rhames

Lt. Reilly
Thuy Thu Le

Oanh
Erik King

Brown
Jack Gwaltney

Rowan
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A review by Wuchak

8.0

Written by Wuchak on September 18, 2020

Beautiful and brutal, artistic and ugly

Based on a true story, the arrogant sergeant (Sean Penn) of a 5-man squad on a reconnaissance mission in Vietnam in November, 1966, decides to kidnap a Vietnamese farm girl for some “portable R&R” because it would be "good for the morale of the squad." But PFC Eriksson (Michael J. Fox) refuses to participate and fears being “killed In Action” for dissenting.

“Casualties of War” (1989) separates itself from other Vietnam War movies by focusing on the incident at hand, including the build-up and aftermath. Its uniqueness is augmented by Brian De... read the rest.

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