6/10
Platoon Leader
6 April 2023
A Michael Dudikoff vehicle originally called "Nam", but apparently renamed "Platoon Leader" to capitalise on the Oliver Stone epic, this Vietnam film is pretty good, considering it appears to have been shot on a fairly low budget, without any big names other than the afore-mentioned Dudikoff, though it's up to you if you would go so far as to label him a "big name" or not. Maybe in the late 80's he was a niche star. Anyway, I digress. Decent action scenes, and a reasonable performance from the lead actor, playing a fresh-from-West-Point lieutenant embedded with a veteran platoon at a fire base in the middle of VC country. Some very cliched supporting roles, but, ultimately, there are many worse Vietnam War films out there.
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