My girlfriend had to write a paper for her British Literature comparing this and Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness." I used that as the perfect excuse to watch this movie again instead of working on my own paper. Marlon Brando, in his plump years, delivers what I consider to be one of his best performances in his amazing rendition of Kurtz. I loved that Coppola cast him in the role; he was perfect and so convincing as the renegade colonel. Charlie Sheen has Platoon but Martin Sheen has this. He really showed some of his best acting in this movie, especially in the beginning scene, where he shows just what a soldier can turn into when he comes back from war. The last thirty minutes are some of the creepiest shots to ever be on film. You want to see horror, don't watch Saw XXVII; watch the last bit of this movie, and it will blow your mind. Kurtz sums up this movie in his final lines, "The horror...the horror..."
9/10.
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