Casualties of War (1989)
85 %
Reviews Counted: 27 Fresh: 23 Rotten:4 Average Rating: 7.1/10
Runtime: 2 hrs
Synopsis: A young soldier arrives in Vietnam and is assigned to a unit of men who have been in the jungle for many months. Their sergeant has only one more mission to complete before he can go home, and though he has been a successful soldier, he has lost his will to fight or to care for his troop. When... [More]
Genre: Action/Adventure
Starring: Michael J. Fox, Sean Penn, John Leguizamo, Ving Rhames, John C. Reilly
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De Palma uses his consummate filmmaking skill to craft a reflection of his own grave sorrow about the Vietnam era.
09/06/06
Fox is quite touching here, topped only by Sean Penn in a superb, frightening performance.
08/28/06
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06/24/06
Disturbing anti-war film with strong Sean Penn and surprisingly effective Michael J. Fox.
06/08/06
A tour-de-force for De Palma, Penn and Fox - possibly one of the best war movies ever made
02/25/06
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05/20/03
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Examines the dehumanizing effects of war, and implies that the soldiers who commit the atrocities are as much a victim of that dehumanization as the girl who they victimize
03/19/03
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03/10/03
The equation of sanctioned and unsanctioned barbarism in the climactic moments of Casualties is about as damning an indictment of the way that humanity justifies immoral acts during war as I've seen.
11/06/02
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