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rogerebert.suntimes.com - : `Casualties of War'' is a film based, we are told, on an actual event. A five-man patrol of American soldiers in Vietnam kidnapped a young woman from her village, forced her to march with them, and then raped her and killed her. One of the five refused to participate in the rape and murder, and it was his testimony that eventually brought the others to a military court martial and prison sentences. more...
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3/4
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www.filmcritic.com - : Based on an allegedly true event that was reported in the New Yorker, Casualties is a stripped-down tale of a small platoon of Army grunts who head into the jungle only to lose their humanity, a trope that has traveled from Conrad to Coppola to here. It’s Satan in paradise, wreaking havoc and leaving unexplainable carnage behind. more...
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4/5
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www.moviemartyr.com - : After a proclamation that the events in the film are based in reality and a brief sequence that sets up an extended flashback Casualties opens with a battle sequence that initially feels miscalculated. In it, still-green Pvt. Eriksson (Michael J. Fox, in a superb performance) and his platoon are ambushed by some unseen Vietcong troops. Instead of focusing on the dynamics of the group as most war movies would, DePalma chooses to point his attention squarely on the plight of Eriksson, embroiling him in a suspense situation that feels as if it could have been drawn from one of the director’s many Hitchcock-influenced thrillers. more...
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4/4
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