When it comes to Hollywood depicting the horrors of war, many filmmakers do all they can to capture the gritty realism and violence of battle, even though they weren't there to see it in person.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There has never been a war film quite like “Platoon.” Hollywood delivered powerful combat stories about the brutality of battle, ...

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'Platoon' is fantastic, but these war movies are even better.

Oliver Stone has insisted that Charlie Sheen was perfect for his role in the hit 1986 film Platoon. Talking to Entertainment Weekly upon the film's 25th anniversary, the director admitted that while ...

The Vietnam war drama would go on to win Oscars for best picture and best director. By Gregg Kilday Freelance Contributor 'Platoon,' front, left to right: Francesco Quinn, Kevin Dillon; back, left to ...

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. Oliver Stone’s 1987 anti-war epic Platoon, about the horrors of ...

This is my 40th year as a professional movie critic. Which is mildly surprising to me, and would have been more surprising to a particular person I met with in late 1992. When I first interviewed for ...

This was his second Academy Award and the first he earned for his work as a director. "Platoon," which Stone also wrote, depicted the horrors of the Vietnam War through the eyes of a young soldier, ...