This is a Vietnam War anti-war film, which mainly describes the American soldiers from training to battlefield performance. The whole film can be divided into two parts: military school training and battlefield killing. Each of the two parts has a climax: the first part is the killing of the fat man in the toilet, and the second part is the battle with snipers on the battlefield. The film is full of a lot of yellow humor, sexual innuendo, racism and other elements.
The soldiers represented by the "clown" were trained by harsh instructors to become mechanical battlefield killers in the military academy. The high-pressure and humiliating life gradually distorted their psychology. They stayed away from and took revenge on the fat man who was holding him back. In the end, the fat man was crushed at the last straw. , choose to die with the instructor.
When they arrived on the battlefield and were sent to the front-line helicopter, "Joker" saw the machine gunners on the same plane shooting unarmed civilians in the air. right place. This psychological process of the "Joker" reached its peak in the sniper battle. A weak girl used an AK to kill several strong American soldiers, hindering their progress in the sweep. Compared with the American soldier who yelled after being shot, the dying girl only moaned, but wanted to die quickly. From killing skills to pain tolerance, who is weaker or stronger? American soldiers such as the mighty "Clown" should have realized something, and the nihilistic sense of this war has reached its peak at this time. The cruel and ferocious psychology of "The Clown" gradually faded away, and human nature began to shine.
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