Not as good as his previous anti-war film, 1957's Paths of Glory, but still a masterpiece.

very good , but profane and violent.

Excellent war film, I woud reccomend for mid-later teens mainly due to the language, expecially ethnic slurs. Most the characters die quickly, bloodlessly and painlessly at the start. However later several charactes die painfull and bloody deaths (one of the main themes of the movie is the contrast between the illusion and reality of war). While the film is quite violent, there is quite little violence for a war film There is also little sex, with only a few referances to sex. Several characters' names carry sexual connotations such as 'Handjob' and 'Snowball'

Cool film.An encounter with a hooker,strong language,war violence.

The movie deals not only with the war itself, but also with the hard training. Characters get insulted, yelled at and set under pressure. Most of the scenes have a dark comedy undertone. Two violent scenes during the training are: (SPOILERS may follow:) -A character gets beaten with soap put into sockets by several people (disturbing). -The same characters kills a man by shooting him (some blood spurts in slow motion), and then puts a gun into his mouth and pulls the trigger (much, much blood covers the wall). (END OF SPOILERS) Then a long sequence without explicit violence and/or gore. A brief shot where a man makes fun about a dead vietnamese, very comical. Then in the last minutes of the movie, (SPOILERS:) several people we know from earlier in the film get shot resulting in large blood spurts in slow motion. Some die, some not. A man kills a young girl by shooting her off-screen (END OF SPOILERS) The violence is infrequent, but when it happens, it can be bloody. The violence, however, is stylized and teens will be able to handle it. There is also a dark comedy undertone throughout the movie (except for the ending) There is typical R-language. Suitable for viewers 15 and up.