Full Metal Jacket

1987 117 min Drama, War

A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.

IMDb 8.2 RT 90 Metacritic 78

budget $30,000,000 earnings $46,357,676 return 1.5x

director Stanley Kubrick

writers Michael Herr, Stanley Kubrick, Gustav Hasford

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