Full Metal Jacket

Full Metal Jacket

Vietnam can kill me, but it can’t make me care.

Rating

4.0 (2)

Release Date

6/26/1987

Runtime

117 mins

Genres

Overview

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$30,000,000

Revenue

$46,357,676

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How It Feels

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A corrosive, unflinching portrait of how institutions strip away humanity through brutality and indoctrination. Kubrick's savage wit cuts as deep as its violence, leaving you morally unsettled and angry.

Mood

Dread-soakedAngryBleakUnsettling

Themes

WarIdentitySurvival

Tone

Satirical

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

FormalistHigh-contrastWidescreen epic

Structure

Linear

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Graphic violenceRacial violenceSuicide and self-harm

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