Casualties of War

Pros: Someone told the story
Cons: Miscast Fox will make the film weird to watch for some.

Capt. Hill, You couldn't let it rest could you? You had to push it… Eriksson, Go to hell. SIR! Directed by Brian De Palma Sean Penn as SGT Meserve Michael J. Fox as PFC Eriksson Casulties Of War 1989 Casualties ...

Pros: Great performances from Fox, Leguizamo, and Reilly. De Palma's restrained direction. Morricone's score.
Cons: Horribly written big speech delivered late in the film.

In the opening Vietnam battle sequence of Casualties of War, Private Erikkson (Michael J. Fox) finds himself stuck halfway in a Vietcong tunnel. As an underground soldier moves toward him for the kill, the gutsy Sgt. Meserve (Sean Penn) pulls him ...

Pros: The overall concept
Cons: Everything else - the plot, the actors, the script, the dialogue

I'll have to preface this by saying that, when I first heard about Casualties of War, I really wanted to see the movie because it sounded like such a deep, wrenching portrayal of the brutality of war. As a woman, the subject matter was of particular...

Pros: Story has some merit, and an obvious moral
Cons: Melodramatic peformances and musical score. Story is repetitive and gets old fast

Okay, we have Sean Penn, the mean Sergeant who would rather kidnap and rape a young girl rather than do his job. His accent is so fake that it offends New Jersians.

And we have Michael J. Fox, who's character reminded me of Marty McFly in...

Pros: Michael wins in the end
Cons: There are no winners in war

This dark and brooding reflection of a troop in the Vietnam conflict shows the results of children having a little power and watching it spiral into Hell.

Michael J. Fox and Sean Penn (God, they were both babies) gave insightful peeks into the...

Pros: Good acting by Penn, John Leguziamo, others, decent action
Cons: Michael J. Fox probably not the best cast, slow moving movie

Casualties of War is the story of a group of soldiers who take a vietnamese girl from her vilage and plan to rape her. The movie stars Michael J. Fox and Sean Penn. Sean Penn leads a group on a expedition who plan to rape and kidnap a vietnamese woman. ...