Best post WWII Military Films

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Originally Posted by IronDuke99

'Full Metal Jacket' (1987) Excellent film. Real USMC Gunnery Sgt. Some fairly good skirmishing/fire and movement. Only thing that annoyed me was they made some big deal about killing the female enemy soldier at the end. Why? Especially after she shot their mate to bits a round in the head was rather kind.

I think it was not so much that the female sniper was killed (or even that she was female), actually I think she was in extreme pain from her wounds, did she asked to be killed? Anyway, the big deal was not the kill, but the praise he got for shooting her from his team, and in a deeper sense how death, up close and personal, changes a man forever. This scene and a number of others, especially the first part of the film in boot camp, have lead many to say the film is an anti-war statement.

Yeah, FMJ is a classic.

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