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"Full Metal Jacket" joins "The Deer Hunter," "Apocalypse Now" and "Platoon" on the frontline of powerful films about the Vietnam War. Cinematic genius Stanley Kubrick ("A Clockwork Orange," "The Shining"), awarded Best Director by the London Film Critics Circle, traces a young Marine's (Matthew Modine, "Pacific Heights," "And the Band Played On") odyssey from dehumanizing boot camp to the bloody terror of the Tet Offensive. Co-starring Vincent D'Onofrio ("The Player"), Arliss Howard ("Tequila Sunrise"), Adam Baldwin ("Serenity"), Dorian Harewood ("Pacific Heights") and adding true grit to the Marines' basic training, a powerhouse performance by real-life former drill instructor R. Lee Ermey (the "Toy Story" movies). Adapted from Gustav Hasford's story "The Short Timers" by Hasford, Michael Herr and Kubrick.

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FMJ

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N45C2R
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2017-04-24
It's by far the best movie I have ever watched and I love the realism to the Vietnam War Parris Island era.

REED THIS

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Nickfloss
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2016-07-06
Full metal jacket is a great movie but why spend 10 dollars on it when you can get Netflix for free and watch full metal jacket on that for free.

Dau qua, dau qua...shoot me.

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RU Sure
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2016-06-28
The movie is great but I also hated it for personal reasons.
I was in Army learning to crawl on my belly while we landed a man on the moon. Our DI was a quiet, yet terrifying guy who didn't need to say much, his cold stare in his eyes did his talking. However, when somebody messed up real bad, he would be called out in front of formation and the First Sergeant was just like Erney in this movie. First time he laid into a person, I started laughing out loud and then it was my turn.
My experience in Vietnam was more like depicted in Apocalypse Now as I belonged to an air cav unit up in the mountains and we went on patrol by helicopter so I found the second half of the movie interesting due to the difference.
Swore I would never return to Vietnam but I did but was armed with knowledge rather than rockets and was amazed at friendliness of the peope including former VC. I ended up making it my 2nd home and this segues into the reason I hated the movie. Living in Vietnam with locals, we are too busy making the most out of each day than to relive the war and I put a lot of bad thughts and memories to rest. A friend who was a VC Commander said to me years ago when we met: "We both did what our government told us to do. The war was a long time ago. Now is the time for peace and understanding."
SPOILER ALERT: This movie unleased bad memories and sadness in the scene where the VC sniper lay mortally wounded on the floor and said "Dau qua, dau qua..." Dau = pain. Qua = a lot. Just when I thought I had bad memories at rest, this movie pulls them back out. But it is better to deal with memories than repress them. Otherwise, they will return even stronger.

One of the best Vietnam War films

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NY Giants football 26
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2016-06-08
This film was the spark of my huge interest in the Vietnam war it show the pathological damage that happened to most almost all soldiers and it shows a whole new perspective of the war. Ever since I watched this film I study and learn about the Vietnam war more and more it's a very intense emotional film and one of the best films I've ever seen.

SHOW ME YOUR WARFACE

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Sgt. Joker
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2016-04-22
AAAHHHHHHHHHH

Full Metal Jacket 🇺🇸

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Russ'sSis
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2016-02-12
This film is even more intense, disturbing, and realistic than other films about the Vietnam War. It is the definitive statement on this turbulent time in American history. Well written, masterfully directed, and superbly acted, without a doubt my favorite film on the war. I have viewed it multiple times.

NOT HD

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feihung7
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2015-06-28
Picture is kind of blurry. some scenes are clear but grainy. Not impressed. bummed really. Please forward any other reviews of movies that are not hd quality. it will save us some money.

Great and awesome

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bluestreak426
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2015-05-24
Must see

Just brilliant

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Sallow Cheeks
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2014-10-17
One of the most engaging and harrowing war films ever made. Kubrick's best film, in my humble opinion. I believe that Vincent D'Onofrio's turn as the increasingly unhinged Pvt. Leonard "Gomer Pyle" Lawrence is one of the most chilling film performances in the history of cinema.

Full Metal Jacket

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Head Maroon
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2014-05-21
A harrowing account of the Vietnam War through the eyes of a Marine. Beginning with an extremely tough basic training which results in the killing of a tough as nails drill instructor and the suicide of his killer to the horrors of combat. Vincent D'Onofrio gives a chilling performance as the Marine who goes berserk. Matthew Modine is very good as the story's narrator. The supporting cast is outstanding. This film is every bit as good as The Deer Hunter, Platoon, and Apocalypse Now.

FULL METAL JACKET

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Iron head 60's
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2014-04-07
Watch this if you never seen a BETTER movie ! !
FIVE BIG STARS for everyone in it including the magnificent director himself ! KUDOS TO ALL INVOLVED !

Full metal jacket

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YM cypress
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2014-01-08
Great war movie and some funny parts.

Perfect War Movie

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Jsvital
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2013-11-03
My favorite Kubrick film. Depicts the time and emotion of war perfectly. Great character development as well. One of the best of all time, highly recommend it.

One of the best ever made

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Oxide9mm
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2013-08-19
This is perhaps the best war movie ever made. If it ended after boot camp you would still be satisfied . Serious, dark comedy and drama. This movie has it all.

Great movie

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Myfourgirlsandme
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2013-04-09
This is every Marines favorite movie!

Thought provoking

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GuicethePbull
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2012-12-29
When I started watching the movie I started to feel it should be considered a comedy but it took a series of increasingly dark turns resulting in a very well made movie about war despite this it is not a normal war movie in the sense of John Wayne style combat scenes.

Two Movies

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Cosmic Van
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2012-11-11
Many view this as two movies: 1) Boot Camp and (2) Viet Nam.
People like Boot Camp because R. Lee Ermey has some great lines. But some say the rest of the movie gets slow. This isn't an action movie. It is supposed to show that Viet Nam was an empty war; there was no glory, no point. U.S. soldiers had no clear objective; they were being laughed at and/or shot at by some of the very people they were trying to protect. This is part of the reason some of them snapped and did horrific things. "Full Metal Jacket" is not a fun, entertaining film; it's not meant to be. You might laugh at some of the Boot Camp scenes, but the rest of the film is disturbing, uncomfortable, and depressing. In short, it tries to show you War.

BEST VIETNAM MOVIE

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2012-11-06
I really liked this movie everything it's well done to a description of the Vietnam war I really liked.

The Best Vietnam War Film By Far

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Bronco46
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2012-10-30
An accurate depiction of boot camp in the 60's. I went through starting 1966. And while no shot any
DI's; they did run us ragged, beat the hell out of us, gassed us, and made men out of us.
I don't know how they do these days, but I think the old ways pushed to excel. Once I had finished
boot camp it dawned on me why my DI was being so hard on us.
All that being said this is a well written, and well acted film. While this story is fiction it does accurately
depict what it was like in those days. The first half of movie is set in boot camp; the second half is set
in Vietnam during Tet.
An excellent film; you may want to buy this one. You'll want to see it more then once.

Fmj

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Ikeaustin29
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2012-09-29
I had to purchase this movie multiple times because apple is stupid it is a great movie though, too bad I won't be buying from apple ever again

Show Me Your War Face.

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rewiredhogdog
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2012-09-04
This is one of the best films made about the Vietnam War along with Platoon, Apocalypse Now, The Deer Hunter and the highly underrated Dog Soldiers. I served as a medical corpsman in Vietnam during the Tet Offensive of 1968 and we got a lot of wounded Marine grunts from battle for Hue. This film ranks up there with Kubrick's other anit-war classic, The Paths of Glory. He captures all the black humor, thanks to Michael Herr's contribution to the screenplay. Herr wrote the classic memoir about the Vietnam War, Dispatches, and also collaborated with Francis Ford Coppola on the screenplay of Apocalypse Now. The title refers to the shell casing on a bullet round approved by the Geneva Conventions as the most humane way to kill a fellow human being.

D.I.'s

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Sky gunner
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2012-08-24
When I first watched this movie and the D.I. Made his appearance I was riveted to my seat. I wanted to snap to attention in what's called a brace. This D.I. was the epitome of how basic or, boot camp D.I.'s were back in the day. The portrayal was castigated by some as typical military brutality by little boys who went to Canada instead of being a man! D.I.'s had to get teen-aged boys into a mind set that would help keep them alive in combat.
One thing, there are some guys that don't have the capability to become soldiers( I use that word to include all branches, not trying to the insult marines) and hopefully the militaries have a way to separate people like that. We cussed our D.I.'s at the time, but later,saw nothing was personal .

An unflinching account of a tragic war.

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mrpembroke
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2012-03-26
A vicious, generally unflinching account of a tragic war in an unfortunate country. Some aspects of the movie were less than accurate (such as the Marine recruit suicide), but the brutality and senselessness of the Vietnam conflict after the brutalities of basic training made this a memorable and disturbing movie.

best movie

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shanabashaw
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2012-02-28
one of the best movies in the world

:(

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Jman022896
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2012-02-27
Amazing movie, the trailer does it no justice and why not able to buy????

ALL I CAN SAY IS GREAT

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Person of Few Words
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2012-01-23
Stanley Kubrick continues his winning tradition of stellar movie making with this gem. I like to think of this as a comedy,action,and drama all in one. R. Lee Ermey is hilarious in boot camp. Hard to believe it was filmed in england.

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Princess Leia Bowie
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2012-01-01
Hilarious, but the subtitles messed me up.

Starts good, but falls.

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Steve McQueen1
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2011-12-23
This is a good movie; however, it is not a great movie. The first falf, in boot camp, is great and shows what boot camp is really like. Once the soldiers are actually in vietnam, it starts interesting, but soon gets disjointed. IMHO, the ending was a dissapointment to what started out as a great movie.

AMAZING MOVIE

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FMJ66
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2011-12-12
The realistic experience and the marines fighting vietnam put together into one movie is just amazing. This movie realy stands out about the marine corps going through training in platoon 3092. this movie is starring: R. Lee Ermy as gunnery sgt. heartman, Matthew Modine as Joker, Adam Baldwin as Animal mother (met in 0300 infantry position in vietnam), and Vincent D'Onofrio as private Gomer Pyle.

Good, but not one of his best

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nocrickets
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2011-12-07
Stanley Kubrick was a great filmmaker, but he also made a couple of pretty stinky films. That's fine -- there's absolutely no correlation between greatness and consistency, and part of greatness is having the guts and vision to try big and sometimes fail. FMJ isn't a stinky one like Eyes Wide Shut, but it's not a great film, either. It's sure not the great Vietnam War film you'd have wanted Kubrick to make. He just never seems to get a handle on its stories. Like a lot of people say, it's two half-movies, which could have worked, but it just doesn't all hang together. The first half is great up until the completely unconvincing D'Onofrio freakout scene, which blows a lot of good will. It just does not work. The second half veers wildly from very good scenes to some pretty bad ones (like the corny, totally phony interviews with the news crew scene, which feels like an outtake from MASH). The whole long climax with the sniper is amazing, harrowing, beautiful -- one of Kubrick's finest. The very last scene is wonderful too. But in some ways they only make the bad parts seem that much worse and more disappointing. Maybe Stanley had already made his one great war movie, Paths of Glory. Maybe the late 1980s wasn't the right time to be making a Vietnam movie. I dunno. I've watched it a few times, always hoping that somehow it will seem like a better movie to me, but it never does. Some great moments, but not a great overall film.

Good movie 5/5

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Javi vela
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2011-11-27
Really good movie! I recommend it greatly, it's both hysterical and shows you the true grasps when facing hardships.

Closest to marine boot camp ever

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Hjejdbdheoaw
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2011-06-04
I haven't bought this movie on the app store yet but I've seen the real thing so many times this is one of the closest movies to USMC bootcamp i have ever seen. Yet again a lot has changed since back in the good old days.

A Kubrick masterpiece

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CameronReese
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2011-05-15
It is very dark and at a fault hilarious. Kubrick can keep the movie set at sub genres and riding on gritty talk and sturdy warfare. It is nothing short than a Kubrick classic!

Good, BUT, to full of political agenda

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AbroseCheck
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2011-05-11
Enjoyed the movie, but while the movie was interesting and fun to watch, the director never missed a chance to give his liberal, anti-american, anti-war, anti-soldier, agenda.
If you can get past this, in your face agenda, it's a good movie.
RealityCheck

Full metal jacket

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Dylan alt
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2011-05-02
Best movie I ever seen

Best war movie

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Chives140
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2011-04-17
I love Pyle!!!!!

Amazing

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Bob123
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2011-04-02
The end of the first half sorta freaked me out

Fantastic

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Dgjkcghjcfh
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2011-04-02
Though it may not be Kubrick's best, it is still worth watching. Classic war drama.

Good movie, but

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Bradmadren
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2011-03-21
they say the F word too much. Other than that, it is a great movie.

Shocked!!!!

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PORTE96A
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2011-03-11
I am shocked that 8 people gave this movie 1 star! This is by far one of the best movies ever made and not just for the war genre. I can say this movie line for line, if I watched it a million times, I would have no problem watching it a million and one.

Why can't I buy the HD??????????

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Johnbomb123
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2011-01-25
I WANT TO BUY THE HD VERSION, NOT RENT IT!!! WWWWTTFFFFF!

Great but what's up?

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Naoki95957
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2011-01-25
I whatch the movie laughing A LOT but I don't see a real story it does have a lot of dramatic parts toward the end but honestly I think the movie is worth buying, but mainly if your looking for comedy it at the 1/2 and if you want action it's at the 2/2. It's a good movie but not a really clear story. It's worth it though!

Good

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HarleyBoy117
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2011-01-24
K everyone this is a good movie but the best war movie ever made was definatly black hawk down. The best thing is were watching this movie in English class next week. Bout the only good thing about my classes this year is my English class. We don't even need to sign permission slips. Freshman year we needed to have our parents call the teacher personally to watch a pg13 film

first half best half.

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robthemany
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2011-01-24
The start bulids and is so interesting he rest of the movie falls flat to me.

Full Metal Jacket goes hard

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SnEAky F. CraZii
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2011-01-18
Best war movie of its time

Go Vets!

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Penis 8=D
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2011-01-18
I support the Vienam War. I believe it was one of the keys to the fall of the Soviet Union, and vital to detour the spread of communism. And that the American people failed the military and the government.

How much space does this take up on my iPod

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Dock1996
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2011-01-07
I have one question and one question only. How much space does this take up on my iPod

Bs

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F-ck
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2010-12-31
This is fricken bs dude I wasted four dollars to not let me download all these reviews r dumb as hell Probally fake to make u buy it

YOU WILL BUY THIS MOVIE!

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SBIXEN
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2010-12-25
DO YOU MAGGOTS UNDERSTAND THAT!!
THIS MOVIE IS ISANE
THE FIRST 10 MINUTES WIL LAST THROUGH TIME ITSELF

Full Metal Jacket

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Morton117
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2010-12-24
Full metal jacket was a no holds barred account of the vietnam war. From the brutality of training to the brutality of war. Think the begining was funny? Imagine being 18 thru all that knowing after basic you, or at least most of your friends, will be going home in a bag(if they're lucky,could be worse!)

Review

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RPS PhD
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2010-10-08
This movie is a must have! No matter who you are, this movie is a must see!
SGT. Hartman will chill and amuse you as the Boot Camp scenes unfold. I have see the movie 172 times, and see something new every time! Download and keep this movie NOW!

I saw this movie when I was a pre-teen.

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JTTartaruga
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2010-08-24
It will always be with me!

Love It

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Anthony070389
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2010-08-16
I love the first 30 minutes of the film.

Amazing

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Hehepwnage
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2010-08-09
I love this it's funny how he yells at them and yet sad how he was beat with soap but yet Rhys how they thought would motivate him to not screw up but other wise a amazing movie buy it if u like alot of swearing and yelling

AWESOME!!!

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dr.phil101
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2010-07-02
full metal jacket is by far one of the best war movies ever made. long live the corps, hoorah!!

The movie was great

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Tytutd
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2010-05-25
But saving private ryan on iTunes

excellent movie

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tiereakcga
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2010-05-13
It was a intresting look into the vietnam war, a war that is often portrayed poorly by the media.

Brilliant and stunning

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eevidrine94
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2010-05-10
This movie can easily be compared to saving private ryan when it comes to brutality and the life of a soldier during that time period.

Full Metal Jacket

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Lucy Kull
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2010-05-05
My father is Marine and he has said the 1st half of this film is the as close you'll ever see of what its really like in boot camp. After the first half of the movie is over it almost feels like its a made-for TV flick. It sort of looses it power after the boot camp is over.I love that Joker's helmet says,"Born to kill" yet he has a peace sign attached to his helmet. The irony of that time period...conflicting ideas...the 60's...a turbulent and amazing time in American history. If you liked "Platoon" and "Hamburger Hill" than this is a great movie for you.

Awesome

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Aldjdkdnekem
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2010-04-25
My only complaint is... Why the f**k did you kill off R.Lee that early in the movie!!!! He is my favorite guy!!

Another masterpiece from the Master of Disturbia

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EaglesFan87
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2010-04-19
After watching "Full Metal Jacket," I'll never see war movies ever the same again. What Stanley Kubrick has done was magnificent; he puts us in firsthand, and we witness the major transformation the troops go through in boot camp to become souless killing machines ready to die in war. The first half of the film (the boot camp) gave me the chills at the very end, thanks D'Onofrio's haunting performance. But it also made me laugh thanks to R.Lee Ermey's vulgar comments. The Vietnam sequence was also portrayed very realistic, even though it was shot in England. I think this is the only war film that gave me nightmares. It's very disturbing thanks to its heighten sense of realism. This is another testament of why Kubrick is one of the most underrated movie directors of all time, and he is one of my top ten favorites of all time.

Best movies in the world of iTunes

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Zdaykilla! Kkk
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2010-04-08
Seriously the best movie ever. Great acting. Money well spent. My favorite movie of all time. I could never watch this movie to many times

Awesome

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JSaghy
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2010-04-05
This movie is great because it is realistic and classic. They did a wonderful job.

Overshadowed

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Whitgardner
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2010-04-03
This movie was fantastic in every shape and form, but when this movie came out in 1987 it was overshadowed in the wake of the movie "Platoon" which won the Best Picture Oscar for 1986. The only problem with the film is bad timing with the film release. People passed over the movie because it wasn't "Platoon". Kubrick is one of the best directors ever and this movie is a wonderful stand-out in his collections.

Half and Half

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wwm46
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2010-03-15
The first part of the movie is very believable. I was at Parris Island in June 1966 and Emrey reminds me of my Senior DI. This is where the believable ends. I was in Hue during the Tet Offensive and the action, the terror of the movie just doesn't measure up, but then no movie can convey the horrors of war. All in all it was an entertaining movie.

Good vs Evil

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Matt McGrady
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2010-03-07
Kubrick allows his viewers to see how the phony tough or crazy brave become trained killers in FMJ. You are put into a Marine Corps Recruit's eyes and are able to understand what our military is thrown through (although training is probably more regulated now). Overall, this is USMC material that all Marines have seen due to its ability to portray war; not only Hell, but fear.

Recon

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Black near
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2010-02-20
This is a realy good movie. I'm animal mother! Lol. It's realy good. Awesome

If you've just watched this...

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ImaRobocopa
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2010-02-01
U musta missed alot of other war movies in the passed! But yes this is a good movie. My brother says he's animal mother lol I'm still waiting for 9th company to come out on this here iTunes!!!!!

Semper Fi,

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Semper Fi 101
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2010-01-30
Semper Fi,
Ty to all those serving or who haved served! fighting for our freedom, Ty

Incredible

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laesenguy
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2009-10-15
My personal opinion is that this is the best film ever made.

Ura

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2009-10-13
Brings back some memories

BMT

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poolboy69
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2009-02-21
when i first saw this movie i had just finnished Air Force Basic Training and at some parts i nad to laugh because our IT's did some of the things in the movie

I Praise Stanley K.

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ballsf
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2008-12-30
best war movie ever! So incredibly haunting... I showed this movie to a cousin of mine thinking about enlisting and it completely changed his mind.

Luvin' it.

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2008-11-15
Stanley Kubrick is a god amongst men.

Great Movie

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DMCenteno
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2008-11-13
Well, Simply put, this movie is amazing. It totally captures the horrors that the soldiers faced on a daily basis, and it shows what war can do to a man. There are many scenes that blew me away, since I've just seen it for the first time, 3 days ago. Simply an amazing movie, anyone looking for a bit of Comedic/Gruesome entertainment, here it is. I strongly suggest this to anyone who enjoys war movies.

bandgeek

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cameralover
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2008-10-27
i love this movie!!! it is awesome.. there is no better movie for a person who loves blood, guts and sick humor

greatest vietnam movie made

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Zachey J
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2008-10-23
this movie is probably one of the accurate movies based on the vietnam war, just awesome

My favorite Vietnam War movie

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shortround781
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2008-10-01
I first saw this movie as a teenager a year after it came out in theaters. Saw it with a friend, and we were totally blown away the moment we saw that disturbing bootcamp scene. Twenty years later, it still is my favorite Vietnam War film, and yet I couldn't believe they shot all scenes in England. Definitely another Kubrick masterpiece.

Another Stanley Kubrick MASTERPIECE!

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Altan James
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2008-08-26
Full Metal Jacket is a film that looks at war in a while different view and more with a personal sense.
He shows the pressures of training to kill someone and how it can alter one's mind
and then Kubrick shows the true horror of the War in Vietnam and how terrifying it was.
i recommend this film to EVERY Kubrick fan and anyone thats interested in one of the most well-done and beautifully depicted war films of all time.
5 stars!

Full Metal Jaket

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BYANKEESNEWYORK
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2008-08-25
This is one of the best war movies made in a long time i wish more people would make these kinds of movies

hells ya

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mouseman118
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2008-08-16
this and good fellas r 2 of my favorite movies......

OOooh-Rah !!

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Tramps Like Us
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2008-08-14
Semper Fi, GySgt.Ermey .. its all your movie. Great stuff.

Christmas wish list

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yah ta hey
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2008-08-14
Now I can scratch off Full Metal Jacket, and The Exorcist,all that's left is Outlaw Josey Wales,Forest Gump and then I can start paying off my credit card again.

GOD YES!!

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NRG2BRN
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2008-08-13
My all-time favorite war movie. D'Onofrio's performance is haunting, Ermey's dialogue is as hilarious as it is vulgar, and the showdown in Hue is nothing short of brilliant. I'm glad to see Kubrick's greatest works being added to iTunes. And with the buying option given to us right off the bat, a lot of fan's will be greatly pleased. 5/5