Full Metal Jacket 4K 1987 Ultra HD 2160p

Story Movie

US Marine Corps Recruit Training Base. The most cruel, inhuman system is designed to turn domestic boys into trained, cold-blooded killers. They are being prepared for the war in Vietnam, where they will often have to ask themselves the question "Isn't war a hell?", Otherwise it is simply impossible to kill every day without understanding what it is for?

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Stanley Kubrick is probably rightfully considered one of the most honored filmmakers of the past, whose projects are still loved by many viewers, remember them, revise them, and other filmmakers clearly do not hesitate to even quote him somewhere. I decided to get acquainted with the work of Kubrick somehow spontaneously. Initially there was "The Shining", which at the first viewing left behind the most mixed emotions, then this very "Shining" was revised and perceived from a much more positive side. Nevertheless, the project seems to reveal itself during repeated revisions, when you pay more attention not so much to the plot itself, but to various kinds of small details. Now the turn came to the "Full Metal Shell", from where quotes and episodes with Sergeant Hartman were simply torn to shreds and taken all over the Internet.

It is difficult being a US Army Marine, but it is even more difficult to enter the Marine path. A platoon of newcomers is preparing for its first in life, and the only one, but such a real warrior. All of them will definitely be sent to fight in Vietnam, thoroughly hammering into their heads the idea that not all of them will return from there. Future infantrymen learn to calmly endure all the hardships and hardships of their service in order to serve their country properly in the future. But no one explains why this war is needed, because from everywhere you hear only pretentious phrases about the mission and the duty that each of them must give.

The film itself is, in general, interestingly cut, in the sense that somewhere in the first 30 or 40 minutes, it resembles some kind of comedy in which Sergeant Hartman fervently chases the recruits, swears at what is worth, and is always a catalyst very humorous situations. It kind of relaxes you, and sets you up for some easier perception of everything that happens. But gradually you realize that the further you go, the more a total gloomy person appears in the picture, and closer to the middle of the film, one of the episodes simply knocks you out of a comfortable chair, and everything seems to be turned upside down. The scene of action changes extremely quickly, and this is no longer some kind of comedy about recruits, but a real drama about the marines who fell into the heat of the Vietnam War. And they tried to show all the horrors of this military conflict without any embellishments, because the command sometimes behaves like real idiots, and the soldiers are essentially just cannon fodder, which, like any consumable, no one is afraid to lose. Yes, there is still room for humor in the film, but something sinister and inevitable is already hovering in the atmosphere.

And I guess I understand Kubrick's desire to show an unknown cast in the film at that time, that is, to show ordinary guys who are sent to the slaughterhouse, maybe even die. There are no special people or those who believe in their own immortality, but there are ordinary people, with their own fears and problems. There is some kind of dissonance in the “All-Metal Shell”, which in places, although it introduces into a stupor, but nevertheless throws up a few interesting moments to the viewer's perception. Well, yes, in general, it is now obvious to me why the film is considered cult not only in the United States, but also in our country, because it is able to put pressure on some mental moments that are characteristic not only of the mentality of an ordinary American, but also of ours. And probably, like "The Shining", "Full Metal Jacket" is not a film for a one-time viewing, and therefore, maybe in a couple of years I will return to it.