Full Metal Jacket
Back to browse
81% Critic Match

Full Metal Jacket

In Vietnam, the wind doesn't blow. It sucks.

8.1 / 10 1987 1h 57mR English
DramaWar

Storyline

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.

Cast & Crew

Matthew Modine

Matthew Modine

Pvt. Joker

Lead
Adam Baldwin

Adam Baldwin

Animal Mother

Vincent D'Onofrio

Vincent D'Onofrio

Pvt. Pyle

R. Lee Ermey

R. Lee Ermey

Gny. Sgt. Hartman

Dorian Harewood

Dorian Harewood

Eightball

Kevyn Major Howard

Kevyn Major Howard

Rafterman

Arliss Howard

Arliss Howard

Pvt. Cowboy

Ed O'Ross

Ed O'Ross

Lt. Touchdown

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Stanley Kubrick's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
4.0
Every frame feels alive. Full Metal Jacket is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker