Based on a true story, told by a reporter Daniel Lang and tells what happened during the war against the Vietnamese people in the 1960s, one of the most sincere stories against injustice and crimes committed in the name of the country.... or bring out the aberrations that some lead to the most of their being.
During the 1970s the film industry almost without exception turned its back on the Vietnam War, considering it an unpopular and questionable profit problem, which was the exact opposite of what happened in the 1980s, which served as a basis for Innovation. Classics like "Apocalypse Now!", "The Boys of Company C", "Patrol" or "Hunter", the screen is full of war films focused on the conflict between the United States and Vietnam, and more. After the screening. In Rabe's script, Phan Thi Mao becomes Than Thi Oanh and Robert Storeby is Max Eriksson.
Like many other young people, he was sent by his government to kill and saw his companions and friends die in a ridiculous war, which became the most important social phenomenon.
This story is presented as a "flashback", starting on the bus, when Max saw a woman, he fell into a nightmare of past events, from all aspects, she looked like the poor reincarnation of Thi Oanh, already dead (this exercise is refers to "Fascination", which will later confuse the audience, DePalma will never forget the influence of his mentor Hitchcock on the female double character and the plot (smoke screen). So we entered the dense jungle with Max, the atmosphere there was truly disturbing, the director takes us to the center of violence and terror in an unusual and primitive way.
The director gets rid of the conventions of the war genre, and the film is set in a heartbreaking drama, followed by suspense and conspiracy, which will dominate in the last half hour. When Max decides to condemn his companions and seek understanding and justice for their attempts to protect the memory of the useless young woman, he will be seen as an "inevitable war theme" in the face of his corrupt boss. "In this section, DePalma returns with the genealogy he inherited from Hitchcock (a subjective shot of an anonymous murderer stalking Max), and leads to a direct reference to the" Rashomon "Trial, think of the soldiers' belief as acceptance.
The prominent Michael J. Fox and the annoying Sean Penn competed in a fierce commentary duel, accompanied by then-rookies John C. Reilly and John Regizamo, and the equally annoying Don P. Harvey and young Vin Reims, though their applause rang out. made. from Thuy Thu Le, he performed superbly as Than (and will also play the students on the bus). Equally exciting are the soundtrack by Ennio Morricone, photography by Stephen Burum, and awe-inspiring performance by the mighty Brian DePalma.
This movie is severely criticized by Vietnam veterans (of course), and its box office results are far from excellent. However, to this day, it is a true classic of this genre, and most importantly, it is a true classic of a series of works that deal with that terrible war at point blank range.