Why is casualties of war rated r

But the movie makes it inescapable, especially when we reflect that the story is true, and the victim was real. Roger Ebert was the film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times from until his death in In , he won the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism.

Ving Rhames as Lt. Don Harvey as Clark. Thuy Thu Le as Oahn. Erik King as Brown. Sean Penn as Meserve. John C. Reilly as Hatcher. Michael J. Fox as Eriksson. Jack Gwaltney as Rowan. Dan Martin as Hawthorne.

John Leguizamo as Diaz. Reviews Casualties of War. Roger Ebert August 18, Now streaming on:. Powered by JustWatch. Now playing. Ida Red Glenn Kenny. Needle in a Timestack Peter Sobczynski. Thuy Thu Le Oanh as Oanh. Erik King Brown as Brown. Jack Gwaltney Rowan as Rowan. Ving Rhames Lt. Reilly as Lt. Dan Martin Hawthorne as Hawthorne. Dale Dye Capt. Hill as Capt. Steve Larson Agent 1 as Agent 1. John Linton Agent 2 as Agent 2. Vyto Ruginis Prosecutor as Prosecutor.

Al Shannon Wilkins as Wilkins. Maris Valainis Streibig as Streibig. Brian De Palma. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. During the Vietnam war, a girl is taken from her village by five American soldiers. Four of the soldiers rape her, but the fifth refuses.

The young girl is killed. The fifth soldier is determined that justice will be done. The film is more about the realities of war, rather than this single event. Some Soldiers take things too far.

Action Crime Drama War. Did you know Edit. Trivia For Michael J. Fox 's shots, Sean Penn would be telling him that he was just a little television actor and nothing more, to get genuine reactions for director Brian De Palma. Goofs During the firefight on the bridge, after intense firing, one soldiers reaches over to pull another soldier to get started down the bridge by grabbing the muzzle of his gun.

That act would create severe burns on his palm. Critic Reviews. Eric Henderson. It stands as maybe the only great film by the director that I feel an unconscious crisis of conscience that makes me want to view it without an auteurist context. Read full review. Peter Travers. What makes the film distinctive, devastating and unforget-table is the way De Palma lets the actions of the characters speak volumes. There is no conflict between what De Palma and Rabe are trying to say.

But their methods are different. De Palma shows; Rabe tells Staff Not Credited. Given the seriousness of the subject matter, it's surprising—and ballsy—that De Palma makes Casualties Of War a full-on De Palma movie, with stylishly suspenseful action scenes, heightened performances, and plenty of moments where Fox takes on the role of a typically impotent De Palma voyeur.

David Ansen. Casualties of War is De Palma's best work in years -- it's powerful, meticulous filmmaking -- yet it may be a movie easier to admire than love. Ultimately the drama seems too cut and dried; Eriksson wrestle with his conscience, but the audience never has to.

Vincent Canby. Penn plays Meserve with terrific elan. There is plausibility in every movement and gesture, and especially in his crafty handsomeness. His Meserve is the sort of man one credits with thoughts when the mind may, in fact, be completely blank.