Based on Gustav Hasford‘s novel ‘ The Short Timers,’ the story unfolds from the perspective of a young marine ( Matthew Modine), whose transitional war experience takes him from training into active duty. Stanley Kubrick‘s under-seen (and under-appreciated) FULL METAL JACKET is an unflinching two-act stunner, and deserves its rightful place among the top films ever made about America’s involvement in Vietnam.
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