1989 · drama · war
Casualties of War
Directed by Brian De Palma1h 53m1989
During the Vietnam War, a soldier finds himself the outsider of his own squad when they unnecessarily kidnap a female villager.
Our read: Casualties of War (1989) reads as a heavy, steady, grounded drama · war entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, steady, extreme drama / war, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- extreme
- bleak
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