Francesco Quinn Rhah as Rhah. Kevin Dillon Bunny as Bunny. John C. McGinley Sgt. O'Neill as Sgt. Reggie Johnson Junior as Junior. Mark Moses Lt. Wolfe as Lt. Corey Glover Francis as Francis.
Johnny Depp Lerner as Lerner. Chris Pedersen Crawford as Crawford. Bob Orwig Gardner as Gardner. Corkey Ford Manny as Manny. David Neidorf Tex as Tex. Richard Edson Sal as Sal. Tony Todd Warren as Warren. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. Chris Taylor is a young, naive American who gives up college and volunteers for combat in Vietnam. Upon arrival, he quickly discovers that his presence is quite nonessential, and is considered insignificant to the other soldiers, as he has not fought for as long as the rest of them and felt the effects of combat.
Chris has two non-commissioned officers, the ill-tempered and indestructible Staff Sergeant Robert Barnes and the more pleasant and cooperative Sergeant Elias Grodin. A line is drawn between the two NCOs and a number of men in the platoon when an illegal killing occurs during a village raid. As the war continues, Chris himself draws towards psychological meltdown. And as he struggles for survival, he soon realizes he is fighting two battles, the conflict with the enemy and the conflict between the men within his platoon.
The first casualty of war is innocence. Did you know Edit. Trivia According to Oliver Stone , he intentionally cast Tom Berenger and Willem Dafoe against type Berenger, who played the ruthless, sadistic Sergeant Barnes, was mostly famous at that point for playing good guys, while Dafoe, who had primarily played villains up until then, played the heroic, compassionate Sergeant Elias.
The casting worked, and both men received Oscar nominations for their work. The only respite from all that sweaty foliage and underground darkness is when the boys head up in a helicopter—and even that's scary. While the jungles of Vietnam are where American troops conducted most of their campaigns in the late 60s and early 70s, the jungle isn't only important for reasons of historical accuracy.
The wet, dense foliage that the soldiers have such a difficult time navigating is richly symbolic as well. The fact that the soldiers often can't see more than a few feet in front of them, and the fact that dangerous jungle animals occasionally appear with little nor no warning Taylor and the snake, for example is not only a fitting metaphor for the whole Vietnam War a sly, secretive, and seemingly invisible enemy , but for the larger international political problems that led to the war in the first place.
The spread of communism the domino effect was frightening enough to demand military action Just as the soldiers don't really know what's in front of them in the jungle, or what kind of enemy will pop up in front of them in a well-hidden bunker, it was pretty tricky for the decision-makers to "see" the bigger picture.
Like the soldiers in the film, they had to do their best to anticipate threats and neutralize them—without a ton of knowledge or know-how. They neutralized—or attempted to neutralize—those threats by deploying a massive armed force in South Vietnam in the mid 60s. The ensuing conflict, which only escalated as the 60s wore on, became known as the Vietnam War, and it is this "war" that is the larger setting of Platoon.
We say "war" because technically the whole Vietnam thing wasn't technically a war. Congress never actually formally declared war, so the whole thing was, strictly speaking, a "conflict" or "police action. Rhah reminds Taylor how much he admired Barnes when he first arrived, and that Barnes isn't meant to die, noting that on several previous occasions Barnes has sustained wounds that ought to have proved mortal: "The only thing that can kill Barnes, is Barnes.
He enters the room, daring them to kill him. No one takes up the offer but as Barnes leaves, Taylor attacks him. Barnes quickly gets the upper hand, pins Taylor down and holds a knife to his face. Rhah urges him not to do it, telling Barnes he'll be court-martialed and imprisoned, and he leaves, slashing Taylor under the eye.
The next day, the platoon is sent back to the ambush area in order to build and maintain heavy defensive positions against a potential attack. Rhah is promoted to Sergeant, commanding the remains of Elias' squad. The platoon is so severely weakened, though, that there are numerous gaps in their defense in fact only 15 of the original 30 strong platoon remain.
When this is pointed out to him, Lt. Wolfe only replies that he doesn't "give a fuck" any more. The troops try to prepare for the incoming battle, during which they know the majority of them will die. Just hours before nightfall, King is allowed to go home as his tour of duty has come to an end. When he asks Barnes for permission, Barnes refuses, saying, "Everybody gotta die some time, Red.
Bunny states that he feels no remorse for the murders he has committed, saying that he enjoys Vietnam, and goes on to proclaim himself to be "Audie Murphy", a famous and highly decorated World War II hero. Francis, one of the last few remaining "heads", is assigned to the same foxhole as Taylor.
That night a large attack occurs and the American defensive perimeter is broken and the camp overrun by hundreds of attacking North Vietnamese troops. Taylor and Francis take on and cut down several attacking enemy troops until they both pause when they hear signal whistles from the unseen NVA sergeants ordering their men to cease fire.
Hearing a Vietnamese voice over a bullhorn and understanding that the NVA are ordering RPG's up to the line to blow up the foxhole they are in, Taylor grabs Francis and both of them crawl out of the foxhole seconds before it's hit by an RPG. Taylor and Francis then attack and kill several enemy soldiers that overrun their destroyed foxhole until Taylor loses it during the fight and charges off into the carnage, shooting one enemy soldier after another.
Junior hits a tree and is knocked out, he is then stabbed in his stomach with a bayonet by another NVA soldier. Meanwhile, the NVA attack against the base continues relentlessly. The command bunker is destroyed by a NVA suicide bomber Oliver Stone makes a cameo as the doomed battalion commander inside the bunker. Wolfe wants to retreat, but Harris orders him to stay and fight. Tony his injured, Doc and Wolfe get killed.
O'Neil survives only by hiding himself under a dead body. The desperate company commander, Captain Harris, orders the Air Force pilots to "expend all remaining" inside his perimeter. During the chaos, Barnes and Taylor come face-to-face. As Barnes is about to kill Taylor with a shovel, the two are knocked unconscious by the last-ditch American napalm attack.
A wounded Taylor regains consciousness the next morning with a serious wound to his lower abdomen. He soon finds Barnes, who is also wounded after being shot in both legs during the battle. Taylor takes an AK rifle from a dead enemy soldier and aims it at Barnes, who lays helpless on the ground. Nonetheless, Barnes at first doesn't feel threatened, and he dismissively orders Taylor to call a medic.
When Taylor does not comply, but instead continues to aim his weapon, Barnes tired of the fighting begs him to pull the trigger by saying: "Do it! Taylor then drops his rifle, collapses, and awaits medical attention. Interestingly, although not in the script, Taylor is seen on the verge of pulling the pin of a grenade that he found, only to drop it as reinforcements come to Taylor.
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