Title: Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Director: Stanley Kubrick

Genre: Drama / War

Overview:
Full Metal Jacket begins by following the trials and tribulations of a platoon of fresh Marine Corps recruits focusing on the relationship between Gunnery Sergeant Hartman and Privates Pyle and Joker. We see Pyle grow into an instrument of death as Hartman has forseen of all of his recruits. Through Pyle's torment and Joker's unwillingness to stand up against it the climax of part one is achieved with all three main characters deciding their fates by their action or inaction. The second chapter of Full Metal Jacket delves into Joker's psyche and the repeated referal to the fact that he joined the Corps to become a killer. When his mostly behind the scenes job as a combat correspondant is interfered with by the Tet offensive he is thrust into real combat and ultimately must choose if he really is a killer.

Cast overview, first billed only:
Matthew Modine .... Pvt. Joker
Adam Baldwin .... Animal Mother
Vincent D'Onofrio .... Pvt. Pyle/Leonard Lawrence
R. Lee Ermey .... Gunnery Sgt. Hartman (as Lee Ermey)
Dorian Harewood .... Eightball
Kevyn Major Howard .... Rafterman
Arliss Howard .... Pvt. Cowboy

taken from: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093058/

IMO:
a very good movie for pre ns ppl

Rating:
4 out of 5 snoopys