Born on the Fourth of July
1989
****
Director: Oliver Stone
Cast: Tom Cruise, Willem Dafoe, Raymond J. Barry, Caroline Kava
Following Platoon, the second part of Oliver Stone's Vietnam war trilogy is a tough and ambitious but not entirely successful true story about a patriotic young man who goes to war full of confidence but returns home paralysed. Tom Cruise gives one of his better performances in a demanding role. The directing and editing won Oscars.
