

The first half follows a group of recruits in boot camp under the command of the punishing Gunnery Sergeant Hartman. The film focus on a two-segment look at the effect of the military mindset and war itself on Vietnam era Marines. From Basic training rigors to Hue City combat nightmare, Full Metal Jacket scores a cinematic direct hit. The action is savage, the story unsparing the dialog spiked with catching humor. (Lee Ermey) viewing would-be devil dogs as grunts,maggots or something less. Joker (Matthew Modine), Animal Mother (Adam Baldwin), Gomer (Vincent D'Onofrio), Eightball (Dorian Harewood), Cowboy (Arliss Howard) and more experience boot-camp hell pit bulled by a leather lung D.I. A superb ensemble falls in for for Stanley Kubrick's brilliant saga about the Vietnam War and the dehumanizing process that turns people into trained killers. It is one of my personal favorite war movies. Full Metal jacket (1987) was Nominated for 1 Oscar. The screenplay by Kubrick, Michael Herr, and Gustav Hasford was based on Hasford's novel The Short-Timers (1979). SPOILER: Full Metal Jacket is a 1987 realistic Vietnam war film and is one of the best films of the 80's ever made, directed and produced by Stanley Kubrick.
