Directed by Francis Ford Copolla (1979).
Written by John Milius and Francis Copolla.
Starring Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Dennis Hopper, Larry Fishburne, Frederic Forrest.

During the Vietnam War a US captain is given the mission to track down and eliminate, "with extreme prejudice", a colonel who has disappeared into the hills and is waging his own war.

This film which is based partly on Joseph Conrad's 'Heart of Darkness' also has a narration written by Michael Herr who wrote the acclaimed Vietnam war account 'Dispatches'. Martin Sheen plays Captain Willard who has been given the task to hunt down and terminate the formerly heroic Colonel Kurtz (Brando).

Sheen narrates throughout the film giving us his views on the war in Vietnam and his disillusionment with the whole affair. He is joined on his boat journey by a crew comprising an assortment of diverse characters, each with his own spin on what's going on and as the journey progresses we observe one bizarre incident after another until we finally reach Kurtz's hideout deep in the jungle. There we can only wonder how Willard will fare at the hands of the obviously now insane Kurtz and escape with his life.

Like it as 'War is Hell' or dislike it for it's extravagant budget and 'war fantasy' but Copolla's film is an experience you won't forget too easily.