Platoon [2 Discs] [Blu-ray/DVD] [1986]

Not my favorite war movie from the 80's. It is a good movie though. The quality for the video and audio is exceptional for this Blu Ray.

Platoon is the greatest war film of all time. Simple as that. The making of Platoon documentary is not on this though.

Powerful. Realistic. True events. Sad. A lot of big name actors in small roles

Oliver Stone's "Platoon" is one of the best and most powerful of all war pictures. It is the best movie ever made about the Vietnam war. Stone's film is gritty, frighteningly realistic and incredibly powerful. Stone doesn't just show us the Vietnam war, he takes into the Vietnam war. The screenplay is brilliant and doesn't fall into the trap that other war films fall into, where the violence turns into a fun experience and fighting seems "cool." This is a movie that truly shows the horrors of war realistically and with great effect. The cinematography by Robert Richardson (JFK, Natural Born Killers) is rich and gritty, giving more feeling to already great material. The characters are believable and convincing. It's great work because Stone himself went to Vietnam, so he has a better idea of what happened than Francis Ford Coppola when he made "Apocalypse Now" (which is also a great movie). "Platoon" is mesmerizing, powerful, effective, disturbing and even philosophical. It is one of Stone's greatest works. He ignites the screen with passion. The music is incredibly moving. No other director has made better films about Vietnam than Stone, who's "Born On The Fourth Of July" and "Heaven And Earth" followed "Platoon," and opened our eyes to greater clarity. I was never less than spellbound by this work. "Platoon" vibrates with realism and energy. A very special motion picture

Excellent version of an outstanding film. One of my all time favorites and a nust have for fans.

People don't know it, but this is the 4k transfer of this movie. It was shot on 35mm in 1986. That's why it looks so nice for such an old movie. Also, being steenbook makes this a collectors piece. Get it before it's gone.

This video, which I originally saw on the big screen many years ago, should be viewed by anyone who would really like to comprehend how war can shock the system to its core ... how PTSD is created and how why it is so devastating to our being. The psychological profession calls PTSD, post traumatic stress disorder, but I think that it should more aptly be called "post traumatic shock syndrome" because it is in reality created by a shock to the heart, which causes a lasting image by our judgment of what happened at the time by the incident that occurred. This video, Platoon, apply portrays how and why so many of our brave men and women came home with such devastating memories of the war. And it is still happening today in Afghanistan. We need to have understanding and compassion, and this video should help us to see why these things happen.

This best picture winning 1987 Vietnam film shouldn't need much of an introduction--it's excellent. This steelbook release from Shout Factory is the best version of this film currently on home media boasting a 4k restoration that shows significant improvement over the previous release that is now a bargain blu ray title. All of the special features from the previous release are carried over and, personally I think the artwork on the steelbook is fantastic. If you care about having the best presentation of a given film, this is the version to have, if you are penny pinching stick with the other release. Either way you are getting a classic film.