Recently re-watched this great Vietnam film from the 80s (back when Oliver Stone made good movies). It holds up well: the lead performances from Willem Defoe, Tom Berenger and (a young and rather scrawny) Charlie Sheen are all excellent, while the message of the futility of America's military activities in foreign lands is probably even more relevant now than it was back then.
It was amusing to see some of the supporting cast who went to bigger things: a young Johnny Depp; a very boyish Kevin Dillon (Matt's younger brother), who has recently hit the big time as Johnny Drama in Entourage; and Forest Whitaker, who in the same year also had a small but great role as a pool hustler in The Color of Money.
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