Platoon is a 1986 Vietnam war film written and directed by Oliver Stone. It depicts the breakdown and transformation of a man, into becoming a part of the war machine. While also depicting the horror of the war, and the soldiers fight with morality, duality, self worth, and leadership. This film is directed very well. With Stone, whi was in Vietnam hinself, making the narrative of this film similar to his experience, he created epic and brutal war sequences, and constructed scenes that are crucial in the soldiers transformation. The film is written well, with dialogue and narrations of the main character fighting between two leaders, struggling to understand his meaning in life, and discussing how most of the soldiers come from bad places, and that they are considered expendable by the government. Charlie Sheen does a pretty job in his role, while Tom Berenger and Willem Dafoe excel in theirs. The themes of this film are the horror of war, the breakdown of a man into becoming part of the machine, and the duality of men. For example, the duality of Chris is shown through Elias and Barnes. In the beginning of the film his weak side, a soldier whom I dont know the name, is killed. Integrated him to war. He fights in almost the entire film between Elias and Barnes. As he acts like both of them in several scenes. When Elias dies, he loses that morality, and eventually by the end of the film, becomes Barnes when he kills Barnes. This film does a great job of foreshadowing and showing the transformation of this certain person and topic. Platoon is not the best war film of all time, but a horrifying, epic, layered, and thought provoking one, that packs an incredible realistic punch. Holding up in current times. The film does a fantastic job of making war look horrifying, brutal, torturing, making the characters look desperate, tired, worn out and unstable.