Platoon

About Platoon

As a young and naive recruit in Vietnam, Chris Taylor faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.

Platoon is a 1986 war film directed by Oliver Stone. Charlie Sheen takes the lead as Chris Taylor, Willem Dafoe as Sergeant Elias Grodin, Tom Berenger as Sergeant Robert "Bob" Barnes, and Kevin Dillon as Bunny.

Released in December 1986, it runs 120 minutes. Written by Oliver Stone.

Shelv files it under soldier, village, dying and death, and depressing. In the United States it streams on fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, and MGM Plus. It scores 7.7 out of 10 from 5,315 TMDB voters and it carries a R rating.

Full Metal Jacket, All Quiet on the Western Front, and The Hunger Games make useful companions to Platoon, all filed under anti war, combat, and critical.