Casualties of War (1989) movie poster

Casualties of War (1989)

"Even in war… murder is murder."
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👍 81%Google users liked it ⓘ
Critics Score
🎬 78%
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Director
Brian De Palma
Runtime
1h 53m
Country
United States of America
Language
English
TMDB Rating
7.1/10 (982 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
82%
Metacritic
75

Cast

Michael J. Fox as Private Eriksson · 74% avg
Sean Penn as Sgt. Tony Meserve · 72% avg
Don Harvey as Cpl. Thomas E. Clark · 72% avg
John C. Reilly as Private Herbert Hatcher · 73% avg
John Leguizamo as Private Antonio Diaz · 70% avg
Thuy Thu Le as Oanh
Erik King as Brown
Jack Gwaltney as Rowan

Is Casualties of War good?

Most people think so. 81% of audiences gave it a thumbs up, by Google's archived audience score. Critics agree, scoring it 78%.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre
#1167 / 3335 · Drama
Rank in its year
#39 / 65 · 1989
Rank among its director's films
#8 / 15 · Brian De Palma

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

Overview

During the Vietnam War, a soldier finds himself the outsider of his own squad when they unnecessarily kidnap a female villager. Wikipedia ↗

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What Reddit Thinks

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Casualties of War (1989) De Palma's Vietnam War Film
A very fucked up movie about a war crime. Not a chill film. Stressful as hell. All appropriately so but the subject matter makes it less of a 'fun... Read on Reddit →
Top comment: "Personally, I think it's seriously underrated, it hits its messages home very effectively & is a..."
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