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Vietnam can kill me, but it can’t make me care.
Vietnam can kill me, but it can’t make me care.
Drama, War - 1987
8.3
92%
76
A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.
Director:
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Details

Rated:
R
Runtime:
117 min
Release date:
26 Jun 1987
Country:
GB, US
Languages:
English, Vietnamese
Budget:
$30,000,000
Revenue:
$46,357,676
Awards:
Nominated for 1 Oscar. 8 wins & 15 nominations total

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
It's a great piece of filmmaking, diminished only by a second act that fails to live up to the first act of the Marines in training.
– Gene Siskel,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Jun 2013
fresh:
There is a real fear at the heart of this monstrously armored, desperately defensive film.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Jun 2013
fresh:
What gives this story its power is not really its originality, but the relentlessness of Kubrick's black-comic vision and the tightness of his focus.
– Jay Boyar,
Orlando Sentinel,
21 Jun 2013
fresh:
It may seem too spare, too clinical, its moments of war even too familiar for some. But, aiming for minds as well as hearts, Kubrick hits his target squarely.
– Sheila Benson,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Jun 2013
fresh:
If his considerable achievement in this long- awaited film falls short of his Olympian standards, there is a reason that ought to give Kubrick some satisfaction. The world has caught up with Kubrick and what he has to say.
– Desmond Ryan,
Philadelphia Inquirer,
21 Jun 2013
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