3. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Private Davis, the class clown, and Private Lawrence, the dimwitted private, are initiated into basic training in preparation for deployment to Vietnam, where they will face vitriol-spewing drill instructor Hartman. However, the dehumanization does not end at boot camp; after graduating from the Marine Corps, Davis is sent to Vietnam as a writer, where he chronicles the grueling Battle of Hué.
3. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
2. Apocalypse Now (1979)
The plot revolves around Captain Willard’s task of finding an AWOL Army Special Forces officer who has gone reclusive within the Vietnamese jungle—and supposedly lost his mind. It is loosely based on Joseph Conrad’s novella “Heart of Darkness.” Willard’s search for him takes him right into the heart of the Vietnam War, pushing him further away from humanity and closer to madness.
2. Apocalypse Now (1979)
