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In this riveting look at military life during the Vietnam conflict, Stanley Kubrick, who made the powerful antiwar classics PATHS OF GLORY (WWI) and DR. STRANGELOVE (the cold war), once again explores the behavior of men in battle. FULL METAL JACKET, adapted from Gustav Hasford's novel THE SHORT TIMERS, is broken down into two .. Read more

Starring	Vincent D'Onofrio, Kevyn Major Howard, Matthew Modine, Adam Baldwin
Director	Stanley Kubrick
Genres	Action/Adventure, Drama

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- Smartly ordered but rather ordinary and predictable war film to come from one of the cinema's acknowledged masters after seven years of silence.
- 29934
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:38
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  these boots are made for walking
  
  Cinema doesn't get much better than this.
  
  The film is effectively in 2 parts. The first shows the marine recruits in training, having every last ... read more »
  
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- 20088
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  - steviebobs
  - 27 reviews
  - London
  - 30 Sep 2004 at 10:53
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  - 0
  Worth it
  
  A good film for a night in. The films a good watch and has action in it. For a war film i thought it wasnt as intense or gripping as it could be. The storys ... read more »
  
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- - ChrisM91
  - 5 reviews
  - 16 Apr 2012 at 21:51
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  gripping film
  
  normally I dont like war films and steer clear of them, but thought I'd watch this one for a matter of interest, and glad I did
  
  very very good ... read more »
  
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- 1109437
- - cheesekake
  - 760 reviews
  - uk
  - 08 Apr 2012 at 17:50
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  Without it there could be no COD
  
  Saw this ages ago and just wanted to update my take. Yes, this is the basis for COD .. and in a sense, what a shame. This is a shocking movie .. without it ... read more »
  
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- 1064682
- - Platospupil
  - 109 reviews
  - 19 Nov 2011 at 21:02
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  - 3
  i dont know but i've been told
  
  if you have not seen this film you must be a child because only real men can watch this film and fully understand it
  
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- 1041833
- - a customer
  - 17 Sep 2011 at 22:51
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  Full Platinum Jacket
  
  Watching Full Metal Jacket, not knowing much about it except the critical acclaim that comes with it, allowed me to watch it with intrigue rather than ... read more »
  
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- - pmsmith
  - 8 reviews
  - Stockton-on-Tees
  - 15 Aug 2011 at 20:28
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  You better square your ahs up and start shtting tiffany cufflinks
  
  This isn't an anti-war film. This is a film about what war actually is. it's also a film about the dehumanisation of the soul in war. Also, it is about ... read more »
  
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- 1022896
- - cptrelentless
  - 33 reviews
  - London
  - 29 Jul 2011 at 02:32
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  A game of two halves
  
  I believe this film can be judged on its apparent two separate halves; the first, absolutely fantastic; the second, slightly disappointing. The opening hour of ... read more »
  
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- - MickeyOnePunchONeil
  - 23 reviews
  - Belfast
  - 18 Jul 2011 at 10:55
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  FMJ: BEAUTIFUL
  
  Brilliant film showing the brutality of war and the phsycological impacts of it on the human mind through the eyes of a marine. RIP Kubrick.
  
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- - Maxamillion72
  - 4 reviews
  - 24 Jun 2011 at 07:59
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  full metal jacket review
  
  this is an easy review to write, a film of two halves, the first is sublime, the second half is rubbish!!
  
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- - beaker1234
  - 1 review
  - 19 Apr 2011 at 20:39
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  Why did I not watch this before?
  
  I actually can't believe that I have made it to 37 years old and never watched this film. It really is fascinating to watch and yet also has the disturbing ... read more »
  
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- - karenthom
  - 7 reviews
  - Manchester
  - 11 Apr 2011 at 14:03
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  these boots are made for walking
  
  Cinema doesn't get much better than this.
  
  The film is effectively in 2 parts. The first shows the marine recruits in training, having every last ... read more »
  
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- 20088
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - steviebobs
  - 27 reviews
  - London
  - 30 Sep 2004 at 10:53
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  A breath of fresh air.........
  
  .......finally a director who was prepared to make a film that shows the truth about the hypocracy of the vietnam war and one that doesn't show the ... read more »
  
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- - Matt Parkinson
  - Lincolnshire
  - 18 Mar 2004 at 20:28
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  Kubrick’s gritty, unglamorous Vietnam War film.
  
  The first half of the film is superb and shows the (essential) dehumanising of ordinary men to turn them into soldiers, killers; able to perform their task ... read more »
  
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- - bananajim
  - Surrey
  - 02 Nov 2004 at 12:21
- - 4
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  Best of the Best
  
  From beginning to end this is one of the finest films, let alone a fine war film.
  
  With its examination of the thoughts and feelings of the actual ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Birmingham, England
  - 20 Jul 2004 at 13:50
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  Born to kill...
  
  Excellent war movie from Kubrick here, and you can definetly tell it's his movie and contains much of his trademark whackiness. Character development ... read more »
  
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- 110640
- - Alexander Howard
  - Nottingham
  - 04 Jun 2005 at 13:14
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  Kubrick mastery
  
  This film is magnificent as the perfect caricature of the insanity of war, a spot-on jab at the mindlessness of it all. One of the two films I can remember that... read more »
  
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- - Moose
  - Greater London
  - 14 Jan 2004 at 15:11
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  One of the most ...
  
  One of the most amazing pieces of cinema ever made! Film is split into 2 parts, the first hilarious yet brutal with a shock ending, the second, a lesson in war ... read more »
  
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- - radioairhead#1
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  - 22 Dec 2003 at 15:47
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  full metal jacket
  
  no matter how many times i see this film i still find the beginning really sad as the trainee soilder loses the plot although its not hard to see why, very ... read more »
  
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- - snowie
  - 2 reviews
  - Cannock
  - 06 Dec 2007 at 13:22
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  Truly Awsome
  
  Awsome film, very well acted by all the cast, lovely little pockets of scathely humor too.
  
  Language is VERY course though, makesure the children are ... read more »
  
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- - ChrisW
  - Stoke-on-Trent, UK
  - 23 Nov 2004 at 07:25
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  Stop what you are doing and watch this film
  
  You have got to watch this film, you will not regret it.
  
  It is filmed in 2 parts, the first half shows how the soldiers are changed from young men ... read more »
  
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- 164089
- - Jason Arthur
  - Wales
  - 21 Oct 2005 at 11:24

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  In this riveting look at military life during the Vietnam conflict, Stanley Kubrick, who made the powerful antiwar classics PATHS OF GLORY (WWI) and DR. STRANGELOVE (the cold war), once again explores the behavior of men in battle. FULL METAL JACKET, adapted from Gustav Hasford's novel THE SHORT ...