The film won the Academy Award for Best Picture of 1986. It also won Best Director for Oliver Stone, as well as Best Sound Mixing and Best Film Editing. In 1998, the American Film Institute placed Platoon at #83 in their "AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies" poll.
In 1967, Chris Taylor has dropped out of college, enlisted in the U.S. Army and volunteered for combat duty in Vietnam. Assigned to a Bravo Company in the 25th Infantry Division near the Cambodian border, he is quickly disillusioned by the difficult environment, and his enthusiasm for the war declines. One night his unit is set upon by a group of North Vietnamese Army (NVA) soldiers, who retreat after a brief confrontation. New recruit Gardner is killed while another soldier, Tex, is maimed by friendly fire. Taylor is scorned by the cruel Staff Sergeant Barnes for falling asleep during watch, after being implicated by one of the veterans. Taylor eventually gains acceptance from a tight-knit group in his unit who socialize and use drugs in a bunker clubhouse at their base. He finds mentors in King and the loyal Sergeant Elias and becomes close friends with other soldiers, including Lerner, Rhah, and Manny.
During a patrol, Manny is found mutilated and tied to a post while two others, Sal, and Sandy, are killed by a booby trap in a bunker. As tension mounts, the platoon soon reaches a nearby village where a supply cache is discovered. Using Lerner as a translator, Barnes interrogates the village chief to determine if they have been aiding the NVA. Despite the villagers' adamant denials, Barnes coldly shoots and kills the chief's wife. He then holds the chief's daughter at gunpoint, threatening to kill her as well if the villagers do not reveal what they know. Elias arrives and is furious with Barnes' behavior. A physical altercation between the duo ensues, which is ended by the timid platoon commander, Lieutenant Wolfe, who orders the men to leave with the villagers, destroy the enemy supplies and burn the village down. As they leave, Taylor stops a group of soldiers from gang raping two girls.
Upon returning to base, Captain Harris warns that if he finds out that an illegal killing took place, a court-martial will be ordered, which concerns Barnes who anticipates that Elias will testify against him. On their next patrol, the platoon is ambushed and pinned down in a firefight, in which numerous soldiers, including Lerner and Big Harold, are wounded. Lerner is taken back to the helicopter landing area while Wolfe calls in a mortar strike on incorrect coordinates, resulting in many friendly fire casualties. Elias takes Taylor, Crawford, and Rhah to intercept flanking enemy troops. Barnes orders the rest of the platoon to retreat and goes back into the jungle to find Elias' group. Barnes finds Elias and shoots him, then returns to tell the others that Elias was killed by the enemy. While the platoon is extracting, they glimpse Elias, mortally wounded, emerging from the treeline and being chased by a group of North Vietnamese soldiers, who kill Elias. From Barnes' anxious manner, Taylor realizes that his account of what happened to Elias is false. At the base, Taylor is convinced that Barnes is responsible for Elias's death. He attempts to talk his group into fragging Barnes in retaliation when Barnes, intoxicated, having overheard them, enters the room and mocks them. Taylor assaults Barnes but is quickly overpowered. Barnes cuts Taylor near his eye with a push dagger before departing.
The platoon is sent back to the combat area to maintain defensive positions, where Taylor shares a foxhole with Francis. That night, a major NVA assault occurs, and the defensive lines are broken. Much of the platoon, Including Bunny, Junior, and Wolfe, are killed in the ensuing battle. During the attack, an NVA sapper armed with explosives rushes into battalion headquarters, self-detonating and killing everyone inside. Meanwhile, Captain Harris, the company commander, orders his air support to expend all remaining ordnance inside his perimeter. During the chaos, Taylor encounters Barnes, who is wounded and driven to insanity. Just as Barnes is about to kill Taylor, both men are knocked unconscious by an air strike. Taylor regains consciousness the following morning, picks up an enemy Type 56 rifle, and finds Barnes, who orders Taylor to call a medic. Seeing that Taylor will not help him, Barnes mockingly tells Taylor to pull the trigger. Taylor then shoots Barnes, killing him. He then sits until reinforcements arrive and find him. Francis, who survived the battle unharmed, deliberately stabs himself in the leg and reminds Taylor that because they have been twice wounded, they can return home. The helicopter flies away and Taylor, overwhelmed, sobs as he glares down at multiple craters full of corpses, friend and foe alike.
Cast:
- Charlie Sheen as Private First Class Chris Taylor
- Tom Berenger as Staff Sergeant Bob Barnes
- Willem Dafoe as Sergeant Elias Grodin
- John C. McGinley as Sergeant Red O'Neill
- Kevin Dillon as Bunny
- Reggie Johnson as Junior
- Keith David as King
- Mark Moses as Lieutenant Wolfe
- Francesco Quinn as Rhah
- Forest Whitaker as Big Harold
- Tony Todd as Sergeant Warren
- Bob Orwig as Gardner
- Richard Edson as Sal
- Johnny Depp as Lerner
- Paul Sanchez as Doc
- Andrew B. Clark as Tubbs
- Corey Glover as Francis
- David Neidorf as Tex
- Chris Pedersen as Crawford
- James Terry McIlvain as Ace
- Basile Achara as Flash
- Ivan Kane as Tony Hoyt
- Steve Barredo as Fu Sheng
- Chris Castillejo as Rodriquez
- Peter Hicks as Parker
- Corkey Ford as Manny
- Kevin Eshelman as Morehouse
- Mark K. Ebenhoch as Ebenhoch
- Robert Galotti as Huffmeister
- J. Adam Glover as Sanderson
- Dale Dye as Captain Harris
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