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Platoon Leader [VHS] (1988)

Starring: Michael Dudikoff, Robert F. Lyons Director: Aaron Norris Rating: R (Restricted) Format: VHS Tape
4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)


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  • Actors: Michael Dudikoff, Robert F. Lyons, Michael DeLorenzo, Jesse Dabson, Rick Fitts
  • Directors: Aaron Norris
  • Format: Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
  • Language: English
  • Rating: R (Restricted)
  • Number of tapes: 1
  • Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
  • VHS Release Date: October 6, 1997
  • Run Time: 97 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: 6301247345
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #9,006 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars An underrated movie., December 5, 2001
Platoon Leader is not what I expected from Cannon Pictures, masters of the career ending, guilty pleasure b-grade formula film. It is less a formula war movie than the story of how an idealistic and by the book lieutenant (Michael Dudikoff) becomes a leader of men after getting a severe dose of reality training in the (...) quagmire of the Vietnam War. What makes this really refreshing is how favorably the lead characters are presented as Lyons's old timer encourages Dudikoff's character to strengthen and maintain a firm grip on the beliefs that who they are, what they stand for, and why they are there are right and just. Hope and idealism winning out in what one would think would be yet another in the then endless parade of Vietnam War angst movies. Recommended.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Were you in Vietnam? No DVD yet?, April 4, 2007
By James S. Ehmer (Rosemount, MN USA) - See all my reviews
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Some noncomplimentary reviews have been written here by people who, from what I conclude after reading their comments, did not actually serve in Vietnam. I did serve with the USMC around the DaNang area in 1969-70. After seeing most of the Vietnam war movies, I feel that this movie is the most realistic of how it really was over there. Why is there still no DVD of this movie?
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The Vietnam war as it really was., August 26, 1999
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If you want to see the Vietnam War as it was experienced by a real Platoon Leader, this is it. Authentic, down to the mannerisms, slang, terror and disillusion of it all, this film has none of the wierd phantasms of Apocalypse Now or the left wing political hype of Oliver Stone's Platoon. Richard C. Caporiccio, LTC, Platoon Leader during the Vietnam War
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1.0 out of 5 stars About as accurate as Hellen Keller playing billiards.
Mkay lets start picking apart this mess of a "straight to vhs film."
Where to start is quite difficult for me. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Matthew R. Cota

5.0 out of 5 stars This is how Class-B Movie should be made
Though there are many interesting vietnam War Movies such as Platoon, Hamburger Hill, Tour of Duty, Siege on Firebase Gloria, Last Stand in the Lang Mei, Rumors of War, Boys in... Read more
Published on March 29, 2007 by Andrew Paul

3.0 out of 5 stars Not a bad film
Though I wouldn't consider this to the greatest Vietnam film I've ever seen (which to me would be Platoon) I wouldn't consider it to be the worst. Read more
Published on October 21, 2004 by C. Tsamados

4.0 out of 5 stars Oyster
Having never been in Vietnam myself, but in the Army in the 70s, I explained offhand to a young 26 year old man how herion was a huge problem in Vietnam, how a lot of GIs came... Read more
Published on October 8, 2003

5.0 out of 5 stars "Platoon Leader" Overlooked
A fine war picture which shows the struggles of a platoon in Vietnam. Their leader gets a wake up call on assignment sending him to the hospital and realizes the importance of... Read more
Published on February 2, 2003 by Timotee

5.0 out of 5 stars Platoon Leader
I survived on a Stag team with the 4-503 173 Airborne Brigade during 1969-1970 This movie portrayed our dailey lives.
Published on June 13, 2002 by Thomas C Brown

5.0 out of 5 stars Platoon Leader-Great Movie
This is perhaps the most underated movie based on vietnam experiences ever produced. Much ,much Better than seige of firebase gloria that was simple poorly done with tons of... Read more
Published on June 4, 2002

2.0 out of 5 stars Poor adaptation of an excellent book
I was very disappointed in Platoon Leader. The book on which it is (very) loosely based is an excellent account of how a well-trained but inexperienced young lieutenant became a... Read more
Published on February 6, 2002

2.0 out of 5 stars Terrible!
This movie is plain bloody hopeless! The movie doesn't even have a bloody storyline! This movie is just too bloody violent! Read more
Published on August 1, 2001 by Rowan

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent down to earth movie
This is one of the most underrated movies in war movie history. The acting may be shabby but the action scenes are well done. Read more
Published on December 8, 1999

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