Casualties of War

1989

1h 53m

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7.1/10

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During the Vietnam War, a soldier finds himself the outsider of his own squad when they unnecessarily kidnap a female villager.

Directors

Brian De Palma

Writers

David Rabe(screenplay by)

Daniel Lang(book by)

Stars

Michael J. Fox

Sean Penn

Don Harvey

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Private Eriksson

Sgt. Tony Meserve

Cpl. Thomas E. Clark

Private Herbert Hatcher

Private Antonio Diaz

Oanh

Brown

Rowan

Lt. Reilly

MacIntire

Chaplain Kirk

Sgt. Hawthorne

Capt. Hill

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Wilkins

Streibig

Directors

Brian De Palma

Writers

David Rabe(screenplay by)

Daniel Lang(book by)

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"Casualties of War" is a deeply disturbing and emotionally overpowering film which remains strictly impartial throughout and it just recounts the acutely distressing and repugnant details in a dramatically harrowing yet still compelling way. The rape itself is dealt with in an incredibly matter-of-fact fashion as indeed is the victim's very life when she is indiscriminately murdered after she becomes an inconvenience. It is also shocking but to be expected that when Private Eriksson brings squad leader Sergeant Meserve's criminal act to the attention of his superiors he is met with a lack of concern and even a measure of anger. The real area of upset for them lies not with a lack of justice for the victim, but with the lives of the young men in the platoon Eriksson is about to destroy.

kevin201917 Jan, 2025