Full Metal Jacket movie

A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the Vietnam War has on his fellow Marine recruits from their brutal basic training to the bloody street fighting set in 1968 Hue, Vietnam.

The film is named after the full-metal jacketed bullets used as military ammunition.The film portrays the Vietnam War from the point of view of the U.S. Marines. Recurring themes are the contradictions of war, a constant feeling of being out of ones depth, and the idea of combat in Vietnam being part of a different world, with its own rules and customs.

The confusion and angst of the new world begins in boot camp, and spirals down into bloodshed before even landing in Vietnam.The movie was shot in England, at Bassingborn Barracks in Cambridgeshire and Beckton, in Newham, East London. The derelict Beckton Gasworks site became the ruined city of Hu?. The open country is Cliffe marshes, also on the Thames, with palm trees imported from Spain. Plot The protagonist of the film is Marine recruit J.T. Davis, nicknamed "Joker" (Matthew Modine), who is part of the 3092 platoon beginning recruit training as a Marine on Parris Island, South Carolina.The brutal command of Senior Drill Instructor Gunnery Sergeant Hartman (former Marine Drill Instructor R.

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Full Metal Jacket Cast

• Adam Baldwin
• Arliss Howard
• Bruce Boa
• Dorian Harewood
• Ed O'Ross
• Ian Tyler
• John Terry
• Jon Stafford
• Kevyn Major Howard
• Kieron Jecchinis
• Kirk Taylor
• R. Lee Ermey
• Tim Colceri
• Vincent D'Onofrio