In America, the 1980s have been a decade that still withdraws from political turmoil from the previous two decades, and no event has better engulfed the mistrust and anger of the average American, stratified violence from the Cold War era or the ideological confusion of the time of the war in Vietnam. As such, the 1980s gave birth to films in Vietnam, looking at America's invasion from various angles. If we count in 1979, "Apocalypse Now" began things with a brutal view of the corrupt morality of the military fighter, and later films such as "First Blood" and "Full Metal Jacket" explored both the cruelty of the war itself and the prolonged global successive.

If you were asking late Movie critic Roger Ebert Which 1980s movie caught the essence of war in the second half of the 20th century, he would tell you that he was a "platoon" in 1986 starring Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger and Willem Dafo. The film was directed by Oliver Stone, who was more known as a writer at the time, after writing hits like "Scarface" and "Conan Barbar". Stone also wrote a "platoon", which stands out from a similar price in Ebert's eyes by focusing on the chaos and the countless struggle of Vietnam.

"He has left the choreography that is standard in almost all military films," "" Wrote Ebert At Stone in his ranking of the first 10 films of the decade. "His combat scenes include 360 ​​degrees: each footage can be directed to a friend or an enemy, and in the desperate rush of struggle, many of his soldiers never have a clear idea of ​​exactly who they shoot, or why."

Roger Ebert ranks the ninth on his top 10 for the 80's, behind films such as "Raging Bull", "Do the Right Work" and "Thieves of the Lost Chest". The film won five Oscars, including the best image and best victory for Stone's director, who then fleeed films such as "Wall Street", "Born July 4th" and "Natural Killers".

While certain aspects of the film have been criticized over the years, and quite so, "Worm" was a big hitAnd it is generally still considered a well-executed show of mania, disorganization and brutality of the Vietnam-working war that Stone has personally experienced during the extended army tour.

"There is no carefully mapped plot to take us from point to point," Ebert wrote in his Review of "Plot"which appropriately summarizes the unique walking of the film. "Everything is likely to happen, usually without warning." While the most famous scene in the film is SGT's dramatic death. Elias (Dapho), these are the less explicit moments that make the film stand out. Even Shin, years before a series of public scandals I would book his public image, turning into a strong performance here. Perhaps he channeled part of his father's experience Martin Sheen from acting at "Apocalypse Now".