Full Metal Jacket
1987
****
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Cast: Mathew Modine, R. Lee Ermey, Vincent D'Onofrio, Adam Baldwin
U.S. marines go through dehumanising training but are still not prepared for the war that awaits for them in Vietnam. Stanley Kubrick's excellent war film has one major weakness: the first half in training is so riveting that the second half in battle can't possibly match it. A fine cast of unknowns. Filmed in England. Based on Gustav Hasford's novel The Short-Timers.
