Full Metal Jacket ( Blu-ray )
Stanley Kubrick's first film for seven years details the dehumanizing effect of military combat, as experienced by a bunch of Vietnam conscripts under the training of the sadistic Gunnery Sergeant Hartman (R. Lee Ermey). The second half of the film follows one of the recruits, Joker (Matthew Modine), onto the battlefield as he is thrown into the war at the height of the Tet offensive. The entire movie was shot on location in East London.
Year: 1987
Genre: War and Anti-War Films, Best of the 1980s, Empire Mag's Greatest 201, Movies (1001 You Must See Before You Die), Blu-ray Discs
Country: USA
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Starring: Ed O'Ross, Kevyn Major Howard, R Lee Ermey, Dorian Harewood, Vincent D'Onofrio, Matthew Modine, Arliss Howard, Adam Baldwin
Duration: 117 Minutes
Rating: R16 - Contains offensive language.
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