导演奥利佛史东将他在越战亲身经历搬上银幕，影片以第一身角度叙述越战时期一名青年军人在前线打仗的情况。 A gritty and emotional look at the lives of a platoon of American soldiers as they patrol, fight and die in the jungles of Vietnam as seen through the perspective of a young recruit. Two veteran sergeants clash when one of them precipitates a massacre of villagers. The first movie in Vietnam veteran Oliver Stone's Vietnam trilogy.