The Lucifer Complex

A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.

Runtime

1h 57m

Director

Stanley Kubrick

Cast

Matthew Modine, Adam Baldwin, Vincent D'Onofrio

New York Times reporter Sydney Schanberg is on assignment covering the Cambodian Civil War, with the help of local interpreter Dith Pran and American photojournalist Al Rockoff. When the U.S. Army pulls out amid escalating violence, Schanberg makes exit arrangements for Pran and his family. Pran, however, tells Schanberg he intends to ...

Runtime

2h 22m

Director

Roland Joffé

Cast

Sam Waterston, Haing S. Ngor, John Malkovich

It’s 1974 and Sam Bicke has lost everything. His wife leaves him with his three kids, his boss fires him, his brother turns away from him, and the bank won’t give him any money to start anew. He tries to find someone to blame for his misfortunes and comes up with the President of the United States who he plans to murder.

Runtime

1h 35m

Director

Stuart B. Hagen, Niels Mueller

Cast

Sean Penn, Don Cheadle, Jack Thompson

When former Green Beret John Rambo is harassed by local law enforcement and arrested for vagrancy, he is forced to flee into the mountains and wage an escalating one-man war against his pursuers.

Runtime

1h 33m

Director

Ted Kotcheff

Cast

Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Brian Dennehy

John Rambo is released from prison by the government for a top-secret covert mission to the last place on Earth he'd want to return - the jungles of Vietnam.

Runtime

1h 36m

Director

George P. Cosmatos

Cast

Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Charles Napier