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Subgenre Sampler

 
Bat 21Bat 21 (1988)
Dir. Peter Markle
Feat. Gene Hackman, Danny Glover, Jerry Reed
Gene Hackman is shot down over enemy lines deep in war–torn Vietnam; Danny Glover is the Air Force pilot charged with saving his skin. Expect…
Beast, TheBeast, The (the Beast Of War) (1988)
Dir. Kevin Reynolds
Feat. George Dzundza, Jason Patric, Stephen Baldwin
Laying aside the usual sympathies, this American war–drama pursues a tense running–battle between a Soviet tank–crew and Afghani…
Rambo 3Rambo 3 (1988)
Dir. Peter MacDonald
Feat. Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna
The belated finale to the RAMBO series sees the human battletank John Rambo (Stallone) dropped into Afghanistan to rescue his mentor (Crenna). In…
Escape From SobiborEscape From Sobibor (1987)
Dir. Jack Gold
Feat. Rutger Hauer, Alan Arkin, Joanna Pacula
An unsettling and chilling account of an attempt by Jews to escape the Sobibor concentration camp in Eastern Poland in 1944. Originally made for…
Full Metal JacketFull Metal Jacket (1987) Recommended
Dir. Stanley Kubrick
Feat. Matthew Modine, Adam Baldwin, Vincent D'Onofrio
Disturbing account of the recruitment, training and combat of young Americans in Vietnam. A powerful indictment of the senselessness of war, superbly…
Hamburger HillHamburger Hill (1987)
Dir. John Irvin
Feat. Anthony Barrile, Don Cheadle, Courtney B. Vance
Matter–of–fact depiction of a particularly costly battle of the Vietnam War, in which US troops repeatedly tried to capture 'Hill 937' in…
Lighthorsemen, TheLighthorsemen, The (1987)
Dir. Simon Wincer
Feat. Peter Phelps, Jon Blake, Sigrid Thornton
Gung–ho and melodrama collide in this WWI adventure of Australian–mounted infantry (and a few Gallipoli veterans) in Palestine. The tone…
PlatoonPlatoon (1986) Recommended
Dir. Oliver Stone
Feat. Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Charlie Sheen
This film won the Best Picture Oscar for its compelling and sincere account of the Vietnam, also ushering the era of 1980s film reappraisals of the…
Rambo 2Rambo 2 (1985)
Dir. George Pan Cosmatos
Feat. Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Charles Napier
Iconic actioner in which traumatised commando John Rambo (Stallone) returns to Vietnam to rescue imprisoned G.I.s. Simplistic and violent, but a key…
Missing in ActionMissing in Action (1984)
Dir. Joseph Zito
Feat. Chuck Norris, M. Emmet Walsh
Simplistic but iconic 80s actioner, with Norris as a RAMBO–figure, a Vietnam Vet who returns to liberate POWs from their jungle hellholes.…

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