14) Full Metal Jacket (1987)
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Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket (1987) is a war film, focusing its frenzied harangue on the degrading impact of the Vietnam War. The film is in two parts. The first part depicts a group of U.S. Marines undergoing the brutal process of their boot camp training under drill sergeant Hartman (R. Lee Ermey). This part of the film depicts the psychological and physical changes one undergoes in becoming a young recruit in the Marine Corps, as seen in Private Joker, played by Matthew Modine, and Private Pyle, a role played by Vincent D'Onofrio.
The latter part of the film is transposed to Vietnam, where it depicts the horror and pandemonium of battle. Joker starts from where he was the war correspondent among the gruesome realities of the battlefield. It is a film of cinematic splendor and trenchant commentary on warfare, identity, and morality that puts it in the ranks of the classics. It is a rich exploration of the soldier's world.
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