| ▶ PLAY TRAILER | Stream it: | Own it: | Search for streaming:      | With: Matthew Modine, Vincent D'Onofrio, R. Lee Ermey, Adam Baldwin, Dorian Harewood, Kevyn Major Howard, Arliss Howard, Ed O'Ross, John Terry, Kieron Jecchinis, Kirk Taylor, Tim Colceri, Jon Stafford, Bruce Boa, Ian Tyler
| Written by: Stanley Kubrick, Michael Herr, Gustav Hasford, based on a novel by Gustav Hasford
| Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
| MPAA Rating: R
| Running Time: 116
| | Date: 17/06/1987 | | | | 'Nam de Plume By Jeffrey M. Anderson I've come to appreciate Full Metal Jacket more and more since I first saw it in 1987. I still think the first half, the boot camp sequence, is much more powerful than the Vietnam War sequences in the second half. But that first half is jaw-droppingly good, thanks mostly to R. Lee Ermey's performance as the gruesome drill sergeant. Kubrick's camera is every bit as regimented as the men's lives, growing ever more out of control as Private Pyle (Vincent D'Onofrio) does. |
