This scene is based off the battle at Firebase Burt on New Year's Day 1968. You can find footage here on RUclips of the day after, however the footage is very grainy. My uncle was part of the reinforcements that came the next morning at Burt. He was in the 25th Infantry Division 4th/9th Alpha Co. 1st platoon. He remembers that day very well to this day.
@@Valorius Both did, at least according to my uncle. His unit was supposed to arrive at Burt around 3AM to help with the battle but at the last minute they were called off and didn't arrive til around 6-7 AM instead.
i only did excersises with the gass grenades and vieuwing night bombing actions as excersises and went to nightmares...this was for real...can you imagine...
My oldest brother served and luckily came home, but he was badly wounded. He was the only survivor of his platoon. He was never the same again. RIP brother Jack❤
When I was a kid I built a model of the F-5, it is such a beautiful little bird. I was surprised to see it used in Platoon instead of a Phantom, but thought it was really cool. The F-5 fought in limited numbers in the Vietnam War, but I believe by 1968 all of them had been transferred to the RVNAF, so there wouldn't be Americans flying them at this point in the conflict. That said, the Captain calling in the F-5s for close air support is one of the most iconic moments in war cinema, capturing perfectly the stark contrast between the dirty and desperate grunts on the ground fighting for their lives and the professional, cool pilot above doing his best for his comrades below before returning to base or his carrier far from the fight. I could watch this scene over and over, and I have. Thanks so much for this hi def upload!
I'm really glad you enjoyed it man! I am in the next infantryman myself and this is one of the scenes that motivated me to join decades ago. Follow me!
I just happened back across "Platoon deleted scenes" on my phone--any one of them would have ruined the movie--they're hard to watch--stay away because they make no sense and contribute nothing to film; they have a scene on RUclips in a foreign language where Barnes kills that yapping bitch that drove him too far--even the "Goddamn right he does" RTO is speaking gibberish in that video (half of C 1/8 on Geiger were precisely like the "Goddamn right he does" guy--those were the days when I knew and encountered real people--but when we moved to Mainside Lejeune, after coming back from the Med, real people like that became less and less).
Trivia: Francesco Quinn who played Rhah was the legendary actor Anthony Quinns son, he died rather young (48) from a heart attack whilst out playing with his children, he is one of the best characters in platoon IMO 👍
"Goddammit, Lieutenant, where ya gonna pull back to?! They're all over the perimeter! Now you be advised: you will hold in place and you will FIGHT! That means you, Lieutenant! Bravo Six out!"
Although the film was made in 1986, it has very realistic conflict scenes. Gunshots, explosions, light, etc. It is better than most films shot with today's technology.
Great bit of offensive spirit by Chris- counter-attacking after his foxhole was RPG'ed. His actions motivate his mate to get stuck in- leadership by example. I believe that this clip has been known to be used at Sandhurst as an example of offensive spirit- essential in such a scenario. Great film, superb cast.
I think Chris learned enough Vietmanese to know the fox hole was being targeted by a RPG team. He told the other guy to quiet down so he could hear what was being said...other than that he had no way of knowing. He acted quickly and managed to get a temporary advantage over the enemy due to his fast action and judgement in the chaos of battle.
Should have been nominated for a bronze star in the previous day's battle for advancing forward and saving Lerner and at least a purple heart for his wounds in battle in this one.
@@Foldy435 I'd say definitely to the Purple Heart as his buddy Francis yells " Hey Taylor, we two timers, we outta here!". Meaning he had been wounded twice, which says that technically he would've been eligible when he was grazed and treated during their first ambush, though that sort of thing wasn't commonly accepted as a true casualty in the eyes of everyday soldiers As for the final fight? Probably would be a Bronze star recipient, even bordering a Silver Star due to the fact he held his position and openly engaged against a vastly superior enemy. The problem would be, is that the story typically requires confirmation by others and by the end? Most anyone who could've confirmed it was dead. Maybe Francis though
@michaellrakes5521 either bronze star with v device or silver star for that final battle. Although typically there need to be Witnesses and there were none
I've always wondered how much time taylor spent in viet nam and it seems it wasn't that much, including the time off his first battle wound, has someone done the math?
The real life Sgt. Barnes actually survived the war and passed away in 2014. Elias was supposedly killed by a hand grenade that his team was rigging as a booby trap. It killed Elias and another guy and wounded a 3rd.
I absolutely hated junior. One of the most selfish disrespectful soliders in the squad. Hitting his head and knocking him out then the bayonet scene. Didnt feel a bit of pity for him.
I always loved the attention to detail where Bunny's shotgun action always seemed on the verge of locking up completely from the rust of jungle humidity.... ... always brought me massive anxiety even to this day lol. Reminds me of those fever dreams I would get when I was in where my rifle wasn't shooting straight or locking up and malfunctioning at the worst moment.... 😬😰😰😰 2nd Marine Division 2005-2009 RAH KILL
If you look closely right before bunny gets killed he has his shotgun but then as he gets shot he has an m16. It always amazed me they let that slip through the cracks. Semper Fi Marine!
I had a rifle do exactly that on the range one year; I was no Annie Oakley but told the armory something was wrong with the weapon--I wasn't all that, that much I'd always known, but I was also never that bad at hitting a stationary target--it's not rocket science. They gave me another rifle (telling me something about the first one that they'd found was off--it was wound "too tight" somehow--I no longer remember). I did much better with the replacement--I didn't miss all the time. I've always wondered how many pizza-boxes were too ignorant to have never known it wasn't them, it was the rifle.
When Taylor wrote to King that he'd killed Barnes, neither King or his girl were able to read the letter, because, as King once mentioned, both were illiterate.
I saw Platoon in the theatre when it came out. I already knew a bit about the film because I had seen a discussion on a talk show, that showed the Barnes, little girl village hostage scene. I love the film and have the dvd. I've watched it so many times I lost count. I am 65 year old retired Canadian. I worked for forty years at a commercial poultry farm. About as far from the military or war as you can get. I was a serious hunter for 40 years both with gun and bow. So I know a bit about guns and the damage that they can do. I don't know why, but I have always had a fascination with war movies. I was 10 years old in 1968 and I can still remember the Kennedy assassination on our black and white tv. I can still remember my father watching Vietnam war footage while eating supper. I was drawn to magazines and books on the war with vivid color photos'. In the platoon scene where Alias goes down in the tunnel. I already knew all about them, because I had read the book 'The Tunnels Of Cu Chi' and found it fascinating. Its true accounts of what it was like to be a tunnel rat in vivid detail. I have of course also been interested in the earlier wars as well. The ones that the allies sacrificed their lives for. The heroes that we all owe our freedoms to. The favorites in my dvd collection are of course this one. Then.. 'Born On The Fourth Of July', 'Hamburger Hill', 'Saving Private Ryan' and Apocalypse Now'.' The Platoon Leader" is another not so known film that I love. With Michael Dudikoff had it taped off TV to a VHS some where. It is a very realistic portrayal of Vietnam jungle warfare written by and produced by war veterans. The movie is actually here on RUclips. I also have the documentary tribute, 'Letters From Vietnam'. For many years, When I get to feeling depressed or sorry for myself in the way my life is going. I would sit down and watch this dvd. It would bring me back to the realization... that I have nothing to complain about. My sincere respect and admiration for the sacrifice made by all military servicemen both past and present.😊❤🙏
@@Valorius 'That's cool! It was an interesting contrast to the traditional open firefights. In the tunnel you were protected from the rear. And you had a bit more personal control over your fate...somewhat. That is.. along with the spiders, snakes, rats, booby traps and claustrophobia. I think that last one would have done me in. I wouldn't have made a very good coal miner.. or tunnel rat! I need blue sky overhead. 😀
@@ingleringlet-snipps3rd449 that is what your rifle is for and that M79, That was a nice kill box but a fresh rested Soldier vs a fatigued exhausted Soldier will defend a position a lot differently
Saw this when it was released. Two scenes stand out, the scene where Taylor and then Francis charged out of the foxhole shooting, the audience in the theater began to cheer. The other scene is when the little girl began to cry after Barnes shot her mother, some women in the theater began to cry.
I thought last night to mention fighting holes--how much they suck should be known (in the event you don't know). When watching war movies, you see dudes in their holes and think nothing of it but digging a fighting hole royally sucks; try it at home (you have to call "611" first, at least around here you do, so you don't wreck your neighbor's cable or start a gas leak). I don't think I dug one fighting hole the entire time I was in but I almost did; when I was in C 1/8 under Captain Gregory (who became a Colonel later somewhere, with a blog called "The Colonel's Corner," a name other bloggers have often used too, I've just learned) we were humping around Lejeune one night and every time we stopped had to turn to right away to dig fighting holes--I cursed our C.O. all night long for that (he was a good C.O. too, some aren't). Humps in themselves royally suck--humps are probably the worst part of being infantry--humps compete with freezing and heat strokes as far as misery goes; when humps came up, they were sometimes known ahead of time--we'd have a thirteen-miler next Tuesday, for example, that might leak from HQ--others occurred only because we were way out in LZ Motard at Lejeune--or some god-awful foreign country like Italy--having no way to get back to base sometimes, we walked all the way back from the field (there were also plenty of times they called trucks, thank God). But digging holes that time every time we stopped taught me a lesson in reality--don't join the infantry. Be construction because they get paid much better to dig holes (it's why you only see one guy digging with the rest of the crew watching--I actually just saw that, pointing out as much to the city--the hundreds of dollars wasted via those who clearly contributed nothing to the cause). Anyone looking for a taste of the life should dig a fox-hole in your backyard--with no breaks. You'll see; it takes awhile and wears you out. A "real" fighting hole cannot be faked because they'll check; when we were in Oman during Operation Desert Storm we never really dug holes there, either--we dug what Chad Daybell would call a fox-hole--our holes were pathetic in comparison to a real fighting hole. Holes, though, also save lives; trenches also suck--we never dug a trench but lives were saved during World War 1 because of trenches (shrapnel is hot, flies all over the place, taking off arms, legs, and heads, but not if you're "underground"). You also have to use a little shovel from Supply for your hole--so don't cheat or I'll know.
@alexanderwalle3568 the best part is after you spend all day digging a fox hole or fighting position, sit down and 10 minutes later they tell you to fill it back in because you're moving out
That's exactly what Gregory had us doing--what you would do in a real situation so you'd stay alive--but that was the only time we ever did that--we clearly should have done it much more--to really toughen us up--what whiners we were; reading some history later, how far people had to walk to get somewhere in time--it was sometimes all day long, if not hundreds of miles to an objective (an infantry unit moves at about 3 MPH--we usually took a break every hour for about ten minutes--the math of how fast we were going was easy--they moved us as fast as possible, of course, with Captain Gregory in the lead along with other HQ bohunks and VIP's behind him--I once had a squad leader curse me after a hump was over--he told me that keeping up with me had him ornery--I had no idea he was having trouble). Historically speaking, I realized they didn't hump us enough--we should have had a hump every week--a good ten or twenty-miler would have kept us in shape and humble--and if you fell-out at Lejeune, a Humvee would save you (because everyone knew it was back there).
I worked with a chowder-head in 2006 who was a former Marine and a young one (it seemed to me he should have been in the Middle East and not working in the U.S.--I couldn't believe he hadn't been called back but never asked); his arms were bigger than my legs--his head was completely empty. He claimed humps ruined your body, etc.,.--big guys usually don't make it is how it works, it's the scrawny ones who smoke six packs a day--they never stop, they never die. He'd already also gotten baby-trapped with this half-baked bitch--that's the worst that can happen to you because it is--it's worse than digging a hundred fighting holes. His life was over wherever he is and what he's doing now. He'll never ditch that ho--she's going nowhere and so is he. As planned.
This film hits me hard because I served in OIF 1&3 in the Army as a grunt and the insurgency really tried us at times. For some reason, the battle we had in Karbala Iraq in 03 comes to mind as ultimately the 101st AA ended up reinforcing us guys in the 3ID. Rock of the Marne. Again, this film makes me tear up some because it's gritty and pretty realistic.
@@Valorius Roger that. In our 05 deployment which was the whole year in mostly the Diyala Province, we came under ambush once and some of us got hit including a bullet that hit my ankle but thankfully missed the bone. I still look at the healed wound which was from a 7.62x39 round.
In a flight suit--a get-up commonly seen at the front; which apparently ruined his plans for flying out of there (Vietnamese suicide bombers were probably promised a never-ending supply of fish sauce served by virgins who plow the fields while wearing only one piece of bamboo).
Thank you for upgrading the quality!!! Every now and then i have the strong urge to watch this scene, and dont feel like putting the dvd in and fast forwarding lol
I never thought much of the white light rocking back and forth until I served in Afghanistan myself. Those are loom rounds to lighten up the perimeter at night. At fob bostic 2008 those were being let off every night. It’s basically a flare on a mini parachute that luminates the area it’s hovering over
@Valorius I wish I could find some just like that to take me back to the wonderful Fn war haha I know normal flares exist but not that bright white illuminating light
@@alexanderwalle3568 there was a bit of poetic justice in how Junior died….tortured to death with a bayonet. Bunny, who fought bravely, died quickly and mercifully.
One was actually a psycho, the other was fucked--God saw the man-made problems problems of race and wealth so decided "Junior, after all his trouble for being black and poor, will get a knife in the gut but he won't feel it--I put a tree there five hundred years ago just for him that he'll knock himself half-unconscious with before he dies--what happens to Bunny, though, I don't give a fuck but because psychos are a necessary evil, I'll give him a shot-gun, a fighting hole with Junior, and endless VC."
We had an "O'Neill" in C 1/8 although he was only a Lance Corporal (who probably went no further than that--I hope); he was big and worthless--if you saw how big he was, you'd be concerned but you shouldn't have been. After some platoon flim-flam and weird events concerning our platoon sergeant (who was actually crazy so was prone to over-stepping--including people's personal lives before they joined-up that he'd learned somehow--probably by talking to them, then using that info against them later--that being something I wasn't wise to at the time but picked-up on here and there) Lance Corporal "Mick" somehow landed a job in the armory despite having not one skill beyond being an 0311--he'd sucked at that, actually. He was all mouth, muscle, height and no action. How he got in the armory I never figured-out because no "03" would have ever made it back there--it was impossible. There was no reason for him to be back there but there he was; armorers have skills or so they always appeared to me. If you were infantry, you'd probably stay there until your EAS, even if you royally sucked like he did--you'd still do okay enough and long enough for an Honorable.
Junior reminds me of this guy in H 2/8 who had a similar attitude; he spent a lot of time in his rack if he ever made it to formation--he never did shit because I never saw him outside our room--all he ever really did was wear cammies--he got out of everything else we were supposed to do--there are people in the military now just like Junior--then he went UA (which got me a new roommate).
@@Jitsover50 I liked the original and 1970s remakes, but the new one on netflix really had almost nothing at all to do with the plot of the original movie. Since I had saw both of them, the netflix movie pretty much filled me with rage when I watched it, lol. For someone who had never seen the originals, I could see how they'd find it entertaining, but it should've been named something else.
@@Valorius He is acting like: Hey, we have a party here and you are not invited. I mean, they are under attack, and he is asking the guy what he is doing here? Kinda weird?
@@Redadeg72 They explain his actions in the book a lot more clearly. He is trying to stop what he perceives to be retreating US soldiers and get them to go back to their fighting holes, he does not realize (because this is his first combat experience) that the entire perimeter is overrun, and it is actually enemy forces he is trying to "motivate."
In the scene where the soldier falls asleep while on watch during an ambush, it really was Oliver Stone, he stated that himself. I don't understand why he wouldn't own up to it in the movie.
The War. It reminds me of the French scene cut from Apocalypse now. Why? The British destroyed the French fleet in harbor after the surrender. The French then Vichy or neutral. Had the French had the fleet they could have held Indochina. So much of the British musical invasion caused the withdrawal from Vietnam. The loss of the French colonies for the loss of the 13 colonies. Meri! As a three time Platoon leader I enjoyed the dynamics and politics.
The French should have fought on the side of the allies with their fleet. They chose not to and it was too much risk to the Allies that the Germans would seize the fleet they had no choice but to sink it
It always bothered me that Bunny's Remington 870 at 4:48 becomes a Colt M16A1 at 4:49. And why is the overweight Sgt. casually strolling around during an "all hell has broken loose" battle with a beer in his hand at 5:56?
Tjey explain the overweight Sergeant in the book. He is the Battalion sergeant major who has never seen combat looking to get a combat infantry badge and a medal for bravery. He thinks the Viet Cong charging in are retreating Americans. That is why he is yelling at them.
Response stopped Sent by Copilot: “Snake and nape” is a military slang term coined during the Vietnam War by American infantry. It refers to a specific loadout for aircraft bombing missions. Let me break it down for you: Snake: This slang term comes from “Snake Eye,” which refers to US retarded bombs with fold-out petal-style fins. These bombs were designed to be dropped from low altitudes. The “snake” part of the loadout represents these bombs. Nape: “Nape” stands for napalm. Napalm canisters, specifically the 500-lb. M-47 napalm canisters, were also part of this loadout. Napalm was dropped on the first pass over a target, followed by the bombs on the second pass12. The combination of snake (high-explosive bombs) and nape (napalm) allowed for effective low-level attacks, maximizing the impact of both types of ordnance. It was a devastating combination used during the Vietnam War.
The elation Taylor and Francis felt was like the victory me and Nate felt when we'd worked until 4 A.M. so slashed a customer's bill in half because no one else was around--my adrenalin went through the roof as the idea became reality; returning to the shop, they never figured-out we got in so late and why, despite the numbers being clear as a bell (but not the numbers in our pockets--those have remained a secret for years).
J'ai toujours trouvé cette scène assez hallucinante entre le soldat directement au corps à corps et le capitaine qui reste calme et "maitre de lui" et qui mène sa bataille. "le calme des vieilles troupes" (expression française).
@@Valorius I've always found this scene interesting, with the soldier in close combat and the captain calm and in control, commanding his battle. ‘le calme de vieille troupe’ (French expression). ‘The calm of the old troops'
M-16.A1. I recall the teardrop shaped forward assist at Parris Island.The round on the later models. The dial sights could engage at 500.the 20 inch barrel Added to sight radius. They have the duplex sites as well. They also used to use luminescent or white tape down the front sight. It shot very well at the movie ranges. Not sure full auto AR night is a good idea. Grenades rolled down hill. For fun a roll of fish line really makes tanglefoot at night. If you lose. He's all gone.
I still have the nail we all got in boot camp; it's tied with a string to my old rifle-range book (that's so idiots don't lose their nails--I would have lost it right away--probably on the range). The nail was a necessary tool for adjusting the sights of yer rifle. Ace Hardware has many like it, but that one is mine My nail is my best friend I must master my nail as I must master my life Without my nail, my rifle is useless Without my nail, I am useless
Chris or Charlie Sheen after the battle is sitting on the ground when the rescue team comes and he drops a grenade he is holding.I probably watched the movie 15 times before i noticed the grenade.
I really liked Bunny (Kevin Dillon). I hated it when he got killed. And that was Junior's fault. Also, John C. McGinley did a great job portraying the coward, Red. I was amazed whenever I realized that he later played one of the "Bobs" in the comedy, Office Space. He's a funny guy.
And Rahmucci runs as far away from the battle as he can go, only to return after daybreak after all of the shooting is over to scavenge all the dope that he can find!
There is no way I would let a man in or out of my foxhole while a flare was burning over head. Its hard to find a man in a foxhole.. specially if he stays quiet and more importantly HE STAYS STILL. Any movement at all is seen and it can be seen from a considerable distance. You add that to a burning flair and you have the reason I would have grabbed rah and told him your going to have to wait till that flair goes out at least.
DI DI MOW! As Terrifying and Traumatizing as it was in 1986! Now people laugh at it; people were leaving the theater because of its INTENSITY and now people laugh at this masterpiece
@Valorius fascinating thar you're so myopic! You really see the world a comment section???? What kind of people are we producing these days, some people were laughing at Elias being shot in our local bookstore! STOP BEING MYOPIC AND SELF-CENTERED AND SELF-ABSORBED! you were probably born in '90s? 😆 🤣 😂 😹 😆 a very narrow-minded generation; NO, not in the comments section, silly.
It would have been better if Taylor crawled to BAS so they could check that his shit was still there (and worked right) with Barnes surviving the war to become housekeeping management at La Quinta Inn of Fayetteville, NC "Now I got no problem with any housekeeper doing what they're told, but when they don't, La Quinta breaks down. And when La Quinta breaks down, WE break down."
En Colombia esta escena se repitio muchas veces y en tomas guerrilleras ejemplo la de Mitu donde puedes ver lo horrible que es estar en un combate,estube en una no tan grave,donde no voy a decir nombres por que no es el caso. LLegaron mas de 500 hombres donde habiamos 100 o 150 niños que no superaban los 20 años,esa noche logramos repeler ese ataque sin bjas par mi batallon pero eso si explociones que no lograron dar en el blanco,ametralladoras y disparos de fucil,donde di de baja a mas de 10 hombres. Ns enteramos al llegar a la base que el informante no le habia dado bien las hubicaciones de la guardia,pero nustro reemplazo de soldados profecionales no corrio con la misma suerte.
I've been sooooo been wanting for someone to digitally correct the Elias scene when the squibs are supposed to go off in the iconic scene where he dies. Please...someone....add the bullets tearing through his body. My OCD can't take it anymore.
This scene is based off the battle at Firebase Burt on New Year's Day 1968. You can find footage here on RUclips of the day after, however the footage is very grainy. My uncle was part of the reinforcements that came the next morning at Burt. He was in the 25th Infantry Division 4th/9th Alpha Co. 1st platoon. He remembers that day very well to this day.
Interestingly in the movie, it's mechanized forces that come to reinforce.
@@Valorius Both did, at least according to my uncle. His unit was supposed to arrive at Burt around 3AM to help with the battle but at the last minute they were called off and didn't arrive til around 6-7 AM instead.
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@@TheRodFarva passing of lines at dark in the jungle is extremely hazardous. That is almost certainly why they were called off until the dawn.
Arguably, the end combat scene in “Platoon” is as close to the madness and insanity of war as humanly possible. My father served. God Bless
i only did excersises with the gass grenades and vieuwing night bombing actions as excersises and went to nightmares...this was for real...can you imagine...
My oldest brother served and luckily came home, but he was badly wounded. He was the only survivor of his platoon. He was never the same again. RIP brother Jack❤
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When I was a kid I built a model of the F-5, it is such a beautiful little bird. I was surprised to see it used in Platoon instead of a Phantom, but thought it was really cool. The F-5 fought in limited numbers in the Vietnam War, but I believe by 1968 all of them had been transferred to the RVNAF, so there wouldn't be Americans flying them at this point in the conflict. That said, the Captain calling in the F-5s for close air support is one of the most iconic moments in war cinema, capturing perfectly the stark contrast between the dirty and desperate grunts on the ground fighting for their lives and the professional, cool pilot above doing his best for his comrades below before returning to base or his carrier far from the fight. I could watch this scene over and over, and I have. Thanks so much for this hi def upload!
I'm really glad you enjoyed it man! I am in the next infantryman myself and this is one of the scenes that motivated me to join decades ago.
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@migjager7352 thanks man, and love the screen name 😆
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Highly recommended movie. Oliver stone as a director is just amazing.
Pilot: “Roger your last, Bravo Six. Can't run it any closer. We're hot to trot packing snake and nape, but we're bingo on fuel.”
That's what he's saying, I always wondered.
anyone know what snake is?
@@slayerhuh404snakeyes I would presume
@@slayerhuh404, snakeye(500lb) bomb
@slayerhuh404 yeah it makes a hissing sound when falling, hence the name.
One of my favorite movies of all time.
After Taylor got "Bubble-butt" Gardner killed over ants, he learned to take the safety off his Claymores.
@@alexanderwalle3568 Remove safety and squeeze the clacker three times.
You would have a field day in the comment section on my Apocalypse Now and my short movie contact front both are on the end screen of this video
I just happened back across "Platoon deleted scenes" on my phone--any one of them would have ruined the movie--they're hard to watch--stay away because they make no sense and contribute nothing to film; they have a scene on RUclips in a foreign language where Barnes kills that yapping bitch that drove him too far--even the "Goddamn right he does" RTO is speaking gibberish in that video (half of C 1/8 on Geiger were precisely like the "Goddamn right he does" guy--those were the days when I knew and encountered real people--but when we moved to Mainside Lejeune, after coming back from the Med, real people like that became less and less).
Def my favorite war movie.
Trivia: Francesco Quinn who played Rhah was the legendary actor Anthony Quinns son, he died rather young (48) from a heart attack whilst out playing with his children, he is one of the best characters in platoon IMO 👍
He has a much bigger part in the book.
@@Valorius not read the book .
@@snelgrave101 It's worth the read.
i loved rhah in the film was a solid guy .Francesco Quinn you was a legand like your father r.i.p.
@@Valorius I'm gauna source it, military books are my favourite genre 👍 thanks for the tip.
"Goddammit, Lieutenant, where ya gonna pull back to?! They're all over the perimeter! Now you be advised: you will hold in place and you will FIGHT! That means you, Lieutenant! Bravo Six out!"
"It's been a wonderful effing War"
Love that exchange
Gritty comment.
Although the film was made in 1986, it has very realistic conflict scenes. Gunshots, explosions, light, etc. It is better than most films shot with today's technology.
I agree
great movie! god bless the " grunts" in the 25th inf div!!! and all u.s.troops in the nam war!!!
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One of my all time faves. Right beside Hamburger Hill and A Bridge Too Far!
Great bit of offensive spirit by Chris- counter-attacking after his foxhole was RPG'ed. His actions motivate his mate to get stuck in- leadership by example. I believe that this clip has been known to be used at Sandhurst as an example of offensive spirit- essential in such a scenario. Great film, superb cast.
When in doubt: Attack.
When facing overwhelming odds: Attack
When facing certain defeat: Attack
Those who survive these situations, often get mad. They are furious and that propels them to fight and survive.
I think Chris learned enough Vietmanese to know the fox hole was being targeted by a RPG team. He told the other guy to quiet down so he could hear what was being said...other than that he had no way of knowing. He acted quickly and managed to get a temporary advantage over the enemy due to his fast action and judgement in the chaos of battle.
@@Bradgilliswhammyman Chris became one heck of a soldier.
I always loved the shit-eating grins they exchange when they retake the hole.
0:30 For someone who "didn't ask for" the job, Ramuchi did a great job as squad leader.
I think he had some help from Mister Brownstone.
@@patrick-ip4yf Actually, yeah, I got that impression too. But still, in a beneficial way.
Yep exactly, you can see him taking it from the dead nva near the end. Rah is a good soldier and a good man
He was my favorite character
In the book he was a leader in the Hells Angel's chapter where he was from.
Taylor went from a cherry to a bonafide hardass warrior in the matter of months. During this battle, he was a machine
Should have been nominated for a bronze star in the previous day's battle for advancing forward and saving Lerner and at least a purple heart for his wounds in battle in this one.
@@Foldy435 I'd say definitely to the Purple Heart as his buddy Francis yells " Hey Taylor, we two timers, we outta here!". Meaning he had been wounded twice, which says that technically he would've been eligible when he was grazed and treated during their first ambush, though that sort of thing wasn't commonly accepted as a true casualty in the eyes of everyday soldiers
As for the final fight? Probably would be a Bronze star recipient, even bordering a Silver Star due to the fact he held his position and openly engaged against a vastly superior enemy. The problem would be, is that the story typically requires confirmation by others and by the end? Most anyone who could've confirmed it was dead. Maybe Francis though
@michaellrakes5521 either bronze star with v device or silver star for that final battle. Although typically there need to be Witnesses and there were none
@@Valorius precisely correct !
I've always wondered how much time taylor spent in viet nam and it seems it wasn't that much, including the time off his first battle wound, has someone done the math?
Awesome scene!!!!
Still the most most realistic movie depiction of a Vietnam jungle battle between the US and NVA, based on the real battle for Soui Cut in 1968
The real life Sgt. Barnes actually survived the war and passed away in 2014. Elias was supposedly killed by a hand grenade that his team was rigging as a booby trap. It killed Elias and another guy and wounded a 3rd.
Epic battle scene from an epic movie. Thanks for posting this in 4k brother!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I was like Taylor was I was in; I ran-up and wasted an entire squad wearing MILES gear.
@@alexanderwalle3568 Live fire ammunition is the difference between getting an AAM and a Silver Star.
@nomorerainbows very true
I absolutely hated junior. One of the most selfish disrespectful soliders in the squad. Hitting his head and knocking him out then the bayonet scene. Didnt feel a bit of pity for him.
"IT'S EFFING BEAUTIFUL MAN!" - Taylor
Being in Living Colour is also beautiful.
@@alexanderwalle3568 J Lo, is that you?
AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"WE'VE GOT ZIPS IN THE WIRE!" ...Presented in digitally remastered 4K for your viewing pleasure.
The friendly jumping in the hole and slugging water was Chuck Norris, really "Missing in Action" that time.
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I always loved the attention to detail where Bunny's shotgun action always seemed on the verge of locking up completely from the rust of jungle humidity....
... always brought me massive anxiety even to this day lol.
Reminds me of those fever dreams I would get when I was in where my rifle wasn't shooting straight or locking up and malfunctioning at the worst moment.... 😬😰😰😰
2nd Marine Division 2005-2009 RAH KILL
If you look closely right before bunny gets killed he has his shotgun but then as he gets shot he has an m16. It always amazed me they let that slip through the cracks. Semper Fi Marine!
I had a rifle do exactly that on the range one year; I was no Annie Oakley but told the armory something was wrong with the weapon--I wasn't all that, that much I'd always known, but I was also never that bad at hitting a stationary target--it's not rocket science. They gave me another rifle (telling me something about the first one that they'd found was off--it was wound "too tight" somehow--I no longer remember). I did much better with the replacement--I didn't miss all the time. I've always wondered how many pizza-boxes were too ignorant to have never known it wasn't them, it was the rifle.
3/2 here 99- 19
@tbone6203 thanks for your service.
-An old grunt
Some gave all. I gave less.
One of the best movies ever,,, Remember Full metal Jacket,Boys from Co.C , Apocalypse Now all great movies
I also have the attack helicopter scene from Apocalypse Now uploaded in 1080p.
“Roger your last bravo 6 , we copy it’s your call. Get em in there holes down there , hang tough bravo 6 , we’re coming cocked for treetops.”
Holy shit, so this is why I wasn't allowed to watch this when I was younger. A most brilliant and brutal battle.
Now you know 🤣
Masterpiece.
When Taylor wrote to King that he'd killed Barnes, neither King or his girl were able to read the letter, because, as King once mentioned, both were illiterate.
I saw Platoon in the theatre when it came out. I already knew a bit about the film because I had seen a discussion on a talk show, that showed the Barnes, little girl village hostage scene. I love the film and have the dvd. I've watched it so many times I lost count. I am 65 year old retired Canadian. I worked for forty years at a commercial poultry farm. About as far from the military or war as you can get. I was a serious hunter for 40 years both with gun and bow. So I know a bit about guns and the damage that they can do. I don't know why, but I have always had a fascination with war movies. I was 10 years old in 1968 and I can still remember the Kennedy assassination on our black and white tv. I can still remember my father watching Vietnam war footage while eating supper. I was drawn to magazines and books on the war with vivid color photos'. In the platoon scene where Alias goes down in the tunnel. I already knew all about them, because I had read the book 'The Tunnels Of Cu Chi' and found it fascinating. Its true accounts of what it was like to be a tunnel rat in vivid detail. I have of course also been interested in the earlier wars as well. The ones that the allies sacrificed their lives for. The heroes that we all owe our freedoms to. The favorites in my dvd collection are of course this one. Then.. 'Born On The Fourth Of July', 'Hamburger Hill', 'Saving Private Ryan' and Apocalypse Now'.' The Platoon Leader" is another not so known film that I love. With Michael Dudikoff had it taped off TV to a VHS some where. It is a very realistic portrayal of Vietnam jungle warfare written by and produced by war veterans. The movie is actually here on RUclips. I also have the documentary tribute, 'Letters From Vietnam'. For many years, When I get to feeling depressed or sorry for myself in the way my life is going. I would sit down and watch this dvd. It would bring me back to the realization... that I have nothing to complain about. My sincere respect and admiration for the sacrifice made by all military servicemen both past and present.😊❤🙏
I read that same tunnel rats book too.
@@Valorius 'That's cool! It was an interesting contrast to the traditional open firefights. In the tunnel you were protected from the rear. And you had a bit more personal control over your fate...somewhat. That is.. along with the spiders, snakes, rats, booby traps and claustrophobia. I think that last one would have done me in. I wouldn't have made a very good coal miner.. or tunnel rat! I need blue sky overhead. 😀
@nbmooselovers I was in the Infantry but you will never catch me as a tunnel rat LOL
@@Valorius I hear ya! 'Thank You' for the reply's. Its been great chatting with ya! Stay healthy! 👍
brother hope to see you in my comment section again
“Expend all remaining inmy perimeter! This is a lovely fucking war, bravo 6 over!”.
That was Dale Dye - also a Combat Veteran - but a Marine. He made a career advising on Military Movies - as did Lee Ermey.
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@@BobSmith-dk8nw he was in band of brothers as well
He's been in a lot of movies
The real Officer who gave that Order during the Vietnam War was awarded the CMH.
@@magazine6293 Do you recall his name?
This movie definitely pushed me towards the Army, they should have waited on the claymores and got a bigger group of enemy fighters
Nah, when the stuff hits the fan you gotta rock and roll. There’s no time to calculate etc.
@@ingleringlet-snipps3rd449 that is what your rifle is for and that M79, That was a nice kill box but a fresh rested Soldier vs a fatigued exhausted Soldier will defend a position a lot differently
That guy at 5:56 with can of beer is so funny 😂
This is the most intense battle scene ever
So incredibly sad - what a great movie to show the futility of war
Pure cinematic genius.
For my fellow Infantry retirees and Veterans, this is too close to reality.
Follow me
No good inside the pod
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Well said brother
Saw this when it was released. Two scenes stand out, the scene where Taylor and then Francis charged out of the foxhole shooting, the audience in the theater began to cheer. The other scene is when the little girl began to cry after Barnes shot her mother, some women in the theater began to cry.
I thought last night to mention fighting holes--how much they suck should be known (in the event you don't know). When watching war movies, you see dudes in their holes and think nothing of it but digging a fighting hole royally sucks; try it at home (you have to call "611" first, at least around here you do, so you don't wreck your neighbor's cable or start a gas leak). I don't think I dug one fighting hole the entire time I was in but I almost did; when I was in C 1/8 under Captain Gregory (who became a Colonel later somewhere, with a blog called "The Colonel's Corner," a name other bloggers have often used too, I've just learned) we were humping around Lejeune one night and every time we stopped had to turn to right away to dig fighting holes--I cursed our C.O. all night long for that (he was a good C.O. too, some aren't). Humps in themselves royally suck--humps are probably the worst part of being infantry--humps compete with freezing and heat strokes as far as misery goes; when humps came up, they were sometimes known ahead of time--we'd have a thirteen-miler next Tuesday, for example, that might leak from HQ--others occurred only because we were way out in LZ Motard at Lejeune--or some god-awful foreign country like Italy--having no way to get back to base sometimes, we walked all the way back from the field (there were also plenty of times they called trucks, thank God). But digging holes that time every time we stopped taught me a lesson in reality--don't join the infantry. Be construction because they get paid much better to dig holes (it's why you only see one guy digging with the rest of the crew watching--I actually just saw that, pointing out as much to the city--the hundreds of dollars wasted via those who clearly contributed nothing to the cause).
Anyone looking for a taste of the life should dig a fox-hole in your backyard--with no breaks. You'll see; it takes awhile and wears you out. A "real" fighting hole cannot be faked because they'll check; when we were in Oman during Operation Desert Storm we never really dug holes there, either--we dug what Chad Daybell would call a fox-hole--our holes were pathetic in comparison to a real fighting hole. Holes, though, also save lives; trenches also suck--we never dug a trench but lives were saved during World War 1 because of trenches (shrapnel is hot, flies all over the place, taking off arms, legs, and heads, but not if you're "underground"). You also have to use a little shovel from Supply for your hole--so don't cheat or I'll know.
@alexanderwalle3568 the best part is after you spend all day digging a fox hole or fighting position, sit down and 10 minutes later they tell you to fill it back in because you're moving out
That's exactly what Gregory had us doing--what you would do in a real situation so you'd stay alive--but that was the only time we ever did that--we clearly should have done it much more--to really toughen us up--what whiners we were; reading some history later, how far people had to walk to get somewhere in time--it was sometimes all day long, if not hundreds of miles to an objective (an infantry unit moves at about 3 MPH--we usually took a break every hour for about ten minutes--the math of how fast we were going was easy--they moved us as fast as possible, of course, with Captain Gregory in the lead along with other HQ bohunks and VIP's behind him--I once had a squad leader curse me after a hump was over--he told me that keeping up with me had him ornery--I had no idea he was having trouble). Historically speaking, I realized they didn't hump us enough--we should have had a hump every week--a good ten or twenty-miler would have kept us in shape and humble--and if you fell-out at Lejeune, a Humvee would save you (because everyone knew it was back there).
My knees are thankful that they did not LOL
I worked with a chowder-head in 2006 who was a former Marine and a young one (it seemed to me he should have been in the Middle East and not working in the U.S.--I couldn't believe he hadn't been called back but never asked); his arms were bigger than my legs--his head was completely empty. He claimed humps ruined your body, etc.,.--big guys usually don't make it is how it works, it's the scrawny ones who smoke six packs a day--they never stop, they never die. He'd already also gotten baby-trapped with this half-baked bitch--that's the worst that can happen to you because it is--it's worse than digging a hundred fighting holes. His life was over wherever he is and what he's doing now. He'll never ditch that ho--she's going nowhere and so is he. As planned.
This film hits me hard because I served in OIF 1&3 in the Army as a grunt and the insurgency really tried us at times. For some reason, the battle we had in Karbala Iraq in 03 comes to mind as ultimately the 101st AA ended up reinforcing us guys in the 3ID. Rock of the Marne. Again, this film makes me tear up some because it's gritty and pretty realistic.
Follow me brother.
@@Valorius Roger that. In our 05 deployment which was the whole year in mostly the Diyala Province, we came under ambush once and some of us got hit including a bullet that hit my ankle but thankfully missed the bone. I still look at the healed wound which was from a 7.62x39 round.
A descent into savagery. I saw this in the theaters when it first came out. I was shaking nervously through most of the movie.
I still listen to theaters when it came out as well, and I was in basic training within a few months after seeing it
It's funny he took the "It's beautiful man" from Tom Cruz in Taps and no one knows because Platoon is far more known.
Some of us have seen both. :D
I was just thinking of that myself
LET'S DD MAN! .....YOU GO.
In memory of all the forest Critters that never knew that this magnificent moment in history was going to take place :>
Lol
CaseOh back in the 60s: "Hey you people, where the F you going?" like bro are you seriously gonna rush the enemy like that?
That was the Battalion sergeant major and he thought they were retreating US troops. This is covered in the book
@@Valorius my bad oops, wait here's a book?
@iiwidowla99lambo65 yep!
@ thank you for informing me
@@iiwidowla99lambo65 you got it brother, stop by after you read the book and let us know how you liked it. :)
The Major being blown by the Zapper was Oliver Stone.
I've always thought that looked like him but I was never sure
In a flight suit--a get-up commonly seen at the front; which apparently ruined his plans for flying out of there (Vietnamese suicide bombers were probably promised a never-ending supply of fish sauce served by virgins who plow the fields while wearing only one piece of bamboo).
If I remember from the book way back in 1986, that was the S-3 that the Battalion Commander had hung out as the on-site commander of the bait.
best movie for me, forever!
I love this movie.
That's because you are a red blooded American.
In real life, the entire platoon would have opened-up on the guy coming-up the hill and probably called an airstrike on him, too.
Thank you for upgrading the quality!!! Every now and then i have the strong urge to watch this scene, and dont feel like putting the dvd in and fast forwarding lol
Lol! Well I'm glad that you enjoyed it, it's one of my favorite scenes too.
Barnes got shot and bayoneted 153 times during this incident... the man kept killing!
Good quality!
The VC couldn't believe they were getting beat by a guy named "Francis."
“Anything behind you that don’t identify itself , blow it away , okay!?”
*#Autobiographic** movie of Oliver Stone !!!*
I never thought much of the white light rocking back and forth until I served in Afghanistan myself. Those are loom rounds to lighten up the perimeter at night. At fob bostic 2008 those were being let off every night. It’s basically a flare on a mini parachute that luminates the area it’s hovering over
Yes sir, magnesium aluminum flares: very effective.
@Valorius I wish I could find some just like that to take me back to the wonderful Fn war haha I know normal flares exist but not that bright white illuminating light
@OG-Ghost33 you can get them online but they're pretty pricey. Just do a search for magnesium illumination flare.
@OG-Ghost33 hey thanks for posted man, I have my old memories like that too from my time in the Infantry.
Such a great movie
Definitely one of my all-time favorites. This came out probably a year or so before I join the Army
I'll bet when Dale Dye gets in a bad mood, he grabs a PRC-77.
@@alexanderwalle3568 Maybe that's how his hair turned white.
@@Valorius I imagine his hair turned white at Hue, or maybe Con Thien.
Bunny was a beast.
He is definitely the guy you want in a foxhole with you
You want Junior, actually, so you can both dodge duty and firefights together--after he explains in detail how the White Man works.
@@alexanderwalle3568 there was a bit of poetic justice in how Junior died….tortured to death with a bayonet. Bunny, who fought bravely, died quickly and mercifully.
One was actually a psycho, the other was fucked--God saw the man-made problems problems of race and wealth so decided "Junior, after all his trouble for being black and poor, will get a knife in the gut but he won't feel it--I put a tree there five hundred years ago just for him that he'll knock himself half-unconscious with before he dies--what happens to Bunny, though, I don't give a fuck but because psychos are a necessary evil, I'll give him a shot-gun, a fighting hole with Junior, and endless VC."
Awesome!
Una impresionante y real película k me impresionó bastante cuando la Vi por vez primera
No idea what you said but thanks for posting
Said the movie was impressive and left an impression on him first time he watched it
@quickaston3167 👍
Taylor: You go......what a hero
Thanks !!
You got it brother. It's a truly great scene and it needed to be on RUclips in 4k.
We literally as America , have Zips in the wire ..
@scoot9316 indeed.
We had an "O'Neill" in C 1/8 although he was only a Lance Corporal (who probably went no further than that--I hope); he was big and worthless--if you saw how big he was, you'd be concerned but you shouldn't have been. After some platoon flim-flam and weird events concerning our platoon sergeant (who was actually crazy so was prone to over-stepping--including people's personal lives before they joined-up that he'd learned somehow--probably by talking to them, then using that info against them later--that being something I wasn't wise to at the time but picked-up on here and there) Lance Corporal "Mick" somehow landed a job in the armory despite having not one skill beyond being an 0311--he'd sucked at that, actually. He was all mouth, muscle, height and no action. How he got in the armory I never figured-out because no "03" would have ever made it back there--it was impossible. There was no reason for him to be back there but there he was; armorers have skills or so they always appeared to me. If you were infantry, you'd probably stay there until your EAS, even if you royally sucked like he did--you'd still do okay enough and long enough for an Honorable.
Man got bombed by a Mig28. I didn't realize anyone had been that close before!
Lol! Believe it or not the USAF did fly F-5s early in the Vietnam War
Taylor was inverted
@@henryhoward9454 cough *bullsht* cough
He was just doing international relations. 😁
Best scene.
Junior reminds me of this guy in H 2/8 who had a similar attitude; he spent a lot of time in his rack if he ever made it to formation--he never did shit because I never saw him outside our room--all he ever really did was wear cammies--he got out of everything else we were supposed to do--there are people in the military now just like Junior--then he went UA (which got me a new roommate).
Bunny is a beast.
Best line in the movie is when Taylor tells Barnes "You're gonna' need a bigger boat." Classic cinema!!!+
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Very intense, shows the 4:19 closeness of the combat..
I would still like to know what kind of detonator he used for the claymores at 2:16.
Look like a standard clacker detonator. He even used the proper procedure which is to clack it three times. Thanks for posting.
Just a clacker
@@jb7483 I never saw one like that and I blew off my share of claymores. Maybe I was there later, Aug 69 to Aug 70.
@dbeaus I don't know man it's the same kind we had in the late eighties.
Remember GREAT movies?!
It's been a while since anyone has made one.
@@Valorius all is quite on the western front on Netflix was pretty good
@@Jitsover50 I liked the original and 1970s remakes, but the new one on netflix really had almost nothing at all to do with the plot of the original movie. Since I had saw both of them, the netflix movie pretty much filled me with rage when I watched it, lol.
For someone who had never seen the originals, I could see how they'd find it entertaining, but it should've been named something else.
@@Valorius watch the making of it. Yes I hear you about the originals. Great films
Great movies are truthful and not trying to manipulate you into buying into some bullshit agenda.
Cap politely dressed him down... Nothing but death here, stand up and die hard like the rest of us!
Is that really too much to ask? 😏
Whats the guys mission at 5:56 ?
He is the Bn Sgt Major.
@@Valorius He is acting like: Hey, we have a party here and you are not invited. I mean, they are under attack, and he is asking the guy what he is doing here?
Kinda weird?
@@Redadeg72 They explain his actions in the book a lot more clearly. He is trying to stop what he perceives to be retreating US soldiers and get them to go back to their fighting holes, he does not realize (because this is his first combat experience) that the entire perimeter is overrun, and it is actually enemy forces he is trying to "motivate."
To kill children for General Dynamics and Lockheed Martin.
Can someone please tell me how Bunny got his nickname?
I read the book and it doesn't say in there either
@@georgehollingsworth2428 Maybe it's as simple as it's because of his tattoo.
Such a tragic and pointless war. . . and we were on the wrong side.
The Communists were not on the right side either
I'm sure the hundreds of thousands murdered by the vc and nva would beg to differ. Ignorance is bliss.
@ildona8813 👍
My old uncle fought with the Germans at the El Alamein battle...on WW2. He wasn't nazi...fascist neither. Only a 20 years old Soldier.
@@Valorius I am afraid you really have a lot to learn about the history of Vietnam.
In the scene where the soldier falls asleep while on watch during an ambush, it really was Oliver Stone, he stated that himself. I don't understand why he wouldn't own up to it in the movie.
Maybe trying to portray the pressures and adversity black soldiers faced i dunno
@sneakerbay1836 the same as everyone else did
The War. It reminds me of the French scene cut from Apocalypse now. Why? The British destroyed the French fleet in harbor after the surrender. The French then Vichy or neutral. Had the French had the fleet they could have held Indochina. So much of the British musical invasion caused the withdrawal from Vietnam. The loss of the French colonies for the loss of the 13 colonies. Meri! As a three time Platoon leader I enjoyed the dynamics and politics.
The French should have fought on the side of the allies with their fleet. They chose not to and it was too much risk to the Allies that the Germans would seize the fleet they had no choice but to sink it
It always bothered me that Bunny's Remington 870 at 4:48 becomes a Colt M16A1 at 4:49. And why is the overweight Sgt. casually strolling around during an "all hell has broken loose" battle with a beer in his hand at 5:56?
Tjey explain the overweight Sergeant in the book. He is the Battalion sergeant major who has never seen combat looking to get a combat infantry badge and a medal for bravery. He thinks the Viet Cong charging in are retreating Americans. That is why he is yelling at them.
Did the captain get hit with schrapnel when he tried to fire to get hit.in the face or did his gun jam before he was shot?
The captain lived.
He got a lovely fruit basket with a selection of herbal teas.
The captain was in the command bunker and never shot his gun. He's the one who called in the airstrike.
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Sent by Copilot:
“Snake and nape” is a military slang term coined during the Vietnam War by American infantry. It refers to a specific loadout for aircraft bombing missions. Let me break it down for you:
Snake: This slang term comes from “Snake Eye,” which refers to US retarded bombs with fold-out petal-style fins. These bombs were designed to be dropped from low altitudes. The “snake” part of the loadout represents these bombs.
Nape: “Nape” stands for napalm. Napalm canisters, specifically the 500-lb. M-47 napalm canisters, were also part of this loadout. Napalm was dropped on the first pass over a target, followed by the bombs on the second pass12.
The combination of snake (high-explosive bombs) and nape (napalm) allowed for effective low-level attacks, maximizing the impact of both types of ordnance. It was a devastating combination used during the Vietnam War.
Expert!
Thank You. Well explained
“…it’s Chucky, I can feel him, he’s out there….”
lol
There is no more accurate war film. Is what it is.
It's definitely one of the all-time greats
Outstanding!
The elation Taylor and Francis felt was like the victory me and Nate felt when we'd worked until 4 A.M. so slashed a customer's bill in half because no one else was around--my adrenalin went through the roof as the idea became reality; returning to the shop, they never figured-out we got in so late and why, despite the numbers being clear as a bell (but not the numbers in our pockets--those have remained a secret for years).
Thank God I missed that
Amen
This is insane.
War be like that.
I know what im watching tonight. I also know my training agenda tomorrow.
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The VC killed Junior because his malingering could be heard throughout the jungle.
Are they VC or NVA?
Nva
@@Valorius Every one of them
J'ai toujours trouvé cette scène assez hallucinante entre le soldat directement au corps à corps et le capitaine qui reste calme et "maitre de lui" et qui mène sa bataille.
"le calme des vieilles troupes" (expression française).
I don't know what you said, but thanks for posting
@@Valorius I've always found this scene interesting, with the soldier in close combat and the captain calm and in control, commanding his battle.
‘le calme de vieille troupe’ (French expression).
‘The calm of the old troops'
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LA MEJOR PELICULA DE VIETNAM
I don't know what you said but thank you very much for posting
based on a true War battle!
He was flying tops of tree tops dropping nape ?
Isn't that a little low to drop nape ?
Thats how they got acceptable accuracy
always remember bunny with his gauge
M-16.A1. I recall the teardrop shaped forward assist at Parris Island.The round on the later models. The dial sights could engage at 500.the 20 inch barrel Added to sight radius. They have the duplex sites as well. They also used to use luminescent or white tape down the front sight. It shot very well at the movie ranges. Not sure full auto AR night is a good idea. Grenades rolled down hill.
For fun a roll of fish line really makes tanglefoot at night.
If you lose. He's all gone.
thanks for the take.
I still have the nail we all got in boot camp; it's tied with a string to my old rifle-range book (that's so idiots don't lose their nails--I would have lost it right away--probably on the range). The nail was a necessary tool for adjusting the sights of yer rifle. Ace Hardware has many like it, but that one is mine
My nail is my best friend
I must master my nail as I must master my life
Without my nail, my rifle is useless
Without my nail, I am useless
You nailed it.
Bunny: Come on you can do better than that!
Junior: No way I'm staying and fighting with you I'm outta here!
Bunny: Get back here you gutless s***!
Chris or Charlie Sheen after the battle is sitting on the ground when the rescue team comes and he drops a grenade he is holding.I probably watched the movie 15 times before i noticed the grenade.
I really liked Bunny (Kevin Dillon). I hated it when he got killed. And that was Junior's fault. Also, John C. McGinley did a great job portraying the coward, Red. I was amazed whenever I realized that he later played one of the "Bobs" in the comedy, Office Space. He's a funny guy.
McGinley is also in Highlander 2! He um, well... it's not a good film. I don't hold it against him.
... Like he's a clown, he's here to amuse you?
Lol
I think he did a good job staying alive, as Chris was told, don't be no hero, all you gut to do is make it out alive, the rest is gravy. True friend
And Rahmucci runs as far away from the battle as he can go, only to return after daybreak after all of the shooting is over to scavenge all the dope that he can find!
He was in the platoon CP acting as the platoon leaders rto. What do you want to do to do? That's his assigned position.
@Valorius he's a cowardly loudmouth
Pero K" bonito se escucharon los escopetazos!!! 😮
@8:38 The eyes of pure HATRED, MADNESS, EVIL AND INSANITY
Prior to the scene where Barnes is about to bash Taylor, Taylor's headband was around his neck. Suddenly it is around his head.
FAJNIE SIĘ OGLĄDA .
JAK DOBIJAJĄ .
AMERYKOSÓW .
There is no way I would let a man in or out of my foxhole while a flare was burning over head. Its hard to find a man in a foxhole.. specially if he stays quiet and more importantly HE STAYS STILL. Any movement at all is seen and it can be seen from a considerable distance. You add that to a burning flair and you have the reason I would have grabbed rah and told him your going to have to wait till that flair goes out at least.
Definitely true however it's pretty hard to tell your squad leader what to do unless you want an Article 15 LOL
DI DI MOW! As Terrifying and Traumatizing as it was in 1986! Now people laugh at it; people were leaving the theater because of its INTENSITY and now people laugh at this masterpiece
I don't see anyone laughing at it in this comment section
@Valorius fascinating thar you're so myopic! You really see the world a comment section???? What kind of people are we producing these days, some people were laughing at Elias being shot in our local bookstore! STOP BEING MYOPIC AND SELF-CENTERED AND SELF-ABSORBED! you were probably born in '90s? 😆 🤣 😂 😹 😆 a very narrow-minded generation; NO, not in the comments section, silly.
@gterrymed my friend I am a US Army veteran, and boy do I wish I was born in the nineties so I'm a heck of a lot older than that have a great day
He should make a platoon part 2
He kinda did. Born on the fourth of July is an amazing movie. It shows what a great actor Tom cruise is if given the write material and motivation!
O'Brien scary azz can be the platoon sergeant in part two
It would have been better if Taylor crawled to BAS so they could check that his shit was still there (and worked right) with Barnes surviving the war to become housekeeping management at La Quinta Inn of Fayetteville, NC "Now I got no problem with any housekeeper doing what they're told, but when they don't, La Quinta breaks down. And when La Quinta breaks down, WE break down."
"And I cant allow it. I won't allow that."
That's GI humor. Well done pal.
Barnes deserved what Taylor delivered to him. Why take a second chance on such a vicious man after surviving his bloodlust the first time?
En Colombia esta escena se repitio muchas veces y en tomas guerrilleras ejemplo la de Mitu donde puedes ver lo horrible que es estar en un combate,estube en una no tan grave,donde no voy a decir nombres por que no es el caso.
LLegaron mas de 500 hombres donde habiamos 100 o 150 niños que no superaban los 20 años,esa noche logramos repeler ese ataque sin bjas par mi batallon pero eso si explociones que no lograron dar en el blanco,ametralladoras y disparos de fucil,donde di de baja a mas de 10 hombres.
Ns enteramos al llegar a la base que el informante no le habia dado bien las hubicaciones de la guardia,pero nustro reemplazo de soldados profecionales no corrio con la misma suerte.
このシーンだけでも ベトナム兵の国を守る覚悟と 戦争目的がいまいち伝わっていない アメリカ兵との違いが出ているな。
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I've been sooooo been wanting for someone to digitally correct the Elias scene when the squibs are supposed to go off in the iconic scene where he dies. Please...someone....add the bullets tearing through his body. My OCD can't take it anymore.
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Dale Dye had a melt down after this scene was shot.
Why?
Because Dale is a Vietnam vet and this brought back too many bad memories.
@tomcat548 makes sense. Thanks for posting.