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Casualties of War (1989)

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Reviews Counted: 27 Fresh: 23  Rotten:4 Average Rating: 7.1/10

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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... 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 soldiers on duty prevent the sergeant from going to a nearby town to visit a prostitute on the night before his last mission, the enraged sergeant tells his unit that he will seek revenge. He concocts a plan where his troop will accompany him to the village, kidnap a woman and force her to come with them on the mission in order to furnish the group sexually. The newest soldier in the troop does not want to go along with the plan, but the sergeant's charisma convinces the rest of the men. When they eventually reach the village, the young man again protests, which fuels the sergeant's rage, and prompts him to initiate a brutal gang rape and murder of a young village woman. The film then moves to events after the troop's return from Vietnam, where the young soldier has decided to have his unit court martialled. [More]

Genre: Action/Adventure

Starring: Michael J. Fox, Sean Penn, John Leguizamo, Ving Rhames, John C. Reilly

Director: Brian De Palma
Screenwriter: David Rabe
Composer: Ennio Morricone

DVD Info

Release:

Jul 1, 2008

[DVD Details]

UMD Features:

  • Keep Case
  • Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 2.0 - English
  • Subtitles - Spanish - Optional

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03/14/08
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com
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4/4

De Palma uses his consummate filmmaking skill to craft a reflection of his own grave sorrow about the Vietnam era.

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09/06/06
Eric Henderson
Slant Magazine
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Fox is quite touching here, topped only by Sean Penn in a superb, frightening performance.

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08/28/06
Jeffrey M. Anderson
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06/24/06
Time Out
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4/5

Disturbing anti-war film with strong Sean Penn and surprisingly effective Michael J. Fox.

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06/08/06
Steve Crum
Dispatch-Tribune Newspapers
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ably demonstrates just how powerful a well-crafted film can be

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03/04/06
Don Willmott
Filmcritic.com
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A tour-de-force for De Palma, Penn and Fox - possibly one of the best war movies ever made

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02/25/06
Clint Morris
Film Threat
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07/18/05
Emanuel Levy
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3/5

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05/16/05
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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4/5

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04/26/05
Jonathan R. Perry
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
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3/5

Worthwhile drama set in the Vietnam War

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12/17/04
Daniel Eagan
Film Journal International
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4/5

Harrowing drama with strong performances

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10/07/04
James Sanford
Kalamazoo Gazette
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12/18/03
Brian J. Arthurs
Beach Reporter (Southern California)
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05/20/03
Vincent Canby
New York Times
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4/5

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

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03/19/03
Brian Mckay
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03/10/03
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle
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11/12/02
Nicolas Lacroix
Showbizz.net
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Superb, overlooked Vietnam drama may be Brian DePalma's finest hour.

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11/07/02
James Rocchi
Netflix
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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.

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11/06/02
Jeremy Heilman
MovieMartyr.com
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Michael J. Fox is a little hard to buy in this one.

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10/19/02
Luke Y. Thompson
New Times
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