Casualties Of War

"Even in war... murder is murder."

Pvt. Max Eriksson (Michael J. Fox) is stationed in Vietnam under Sgt. Tony Meserve (Sean Penn). Though Meserve saves Eriksson's life during battle, the two men clash when the callous senior officer orders the abduction of Than Thi Oanh (Thuy Thu Le), a young Vietnamese woman, to be used as a sex slave. When Eriksson refuses to take part in the abuse of Oanh, tensions between him, Meserve and the rest of the unit heat up and finally explode during a firefight with Viet Cong troops. Hailed by critics as a masterpiece, Casualties of War is based on the true story of soldiers caught in the moral quagmire of wartime Vietnam. Witness to a vile crime, Private Eriksson (Michael J. Fox from Back to the Future, TV's Spin City) is forced to stand alone against his fellow soldiers and commanding officer Sergeant Meserve (Sean Penn from Dead Man Walking, Fast Times at Ridgemont High), a powerful and charismatic man pushed over the edge of barbarism by the terror and brutality of combat.With sweeping scope, action and raw power, master filmmaker Brian De Palma (The Untouchables, Scarface) creates a devastating and unforgettable tale of one man's quest for sanity and justice amidst the chaos of war.

Details

Format: Blu Ray
Genre: War
Rating: MA15+
Release Date: 09 03 2022
Production Year: 1989
Run Time: 114
Languages: English
Rating Advice: Some Sexual Violence
Distributor: Umbrella Entertainment
Directors: Brian De Palma

Actors: Michael J. Fox, Sean Penn, Don Harvey, John C. Reilly, John Leguizamo, Thuy Thu Le, Erik King, Jack Gwaltney, Ving Rhames, Dan Martin, Dale Dye, Steve Larson, John Linton, Vyto Ruginis, Al Shannon, Wendell Pierce, Sam Robards, Maris Valainis, Darren E. Burrows, Sherman Howard, John Marshall Jones, Holt McCallany, Kady Tran, Scott Gregory, Ennalls Berl, Vinh Tran, Somsak, Hataya Sarmount, Ba Thuan T. Le, Nootch, Kwan, J. Chalerm, Sigma, Po Powpi, Shaun Shea, Kristopher Dunn, Donal Gibson, Shane Kerwin, Niran, Stephen Baldwin, Stefan Ehlers, Gregg Henry, Amy Irving, Michael D. Jones, Jonathan MacLeod, Vic Noto, Espérance Pham Thai Lan