A troop of marines go through basic training as they prepare for service in Vietnam. Then they go to Vietnam.

"It's funny, but when I am out hunting I can rarely kill a deer when he is looking at me in the eyes. If a rabbit is ever that close I am perfectly prepared to blast it however."

"My only complaint with this movie was the distasteful images of men having their heads shaved at the start. This is my worst nightmare, much worse than the killings that inevitably followed later. A shocking horror-filled tale, a feel awful movie, although the soundtrack is on my Christmas list. Hooray!"

"The fat guy was not really trying in my opinion, thank goodness he shot himself before the second half."

"Beaten up by soap, that's a new one."

"Had I ever been beaten by soap like that I would have cried all night in the dorm. Then I would have continued crying the night after and so on until the entire troop died of sleep denial. I am a cow like that."

"The speech patterns used in the toilets scene, reminded me of 2001: A Space Odyssey. Was this a left over part of the script that Stanley could not fit in? Such a shame the restraints of gravity prevented that scene's use in 2001 - pissing openly in space was never dealt with much to my chagrin and to that of piss-fetishists everywhere."

"A marine wearing a CND badge - Joker, yo the man."

"Whenever I see a person lying dead on screen I always look closely for movement. I know it can be annoying for others when I speculate openly about whether he is really dead or just acting, but I enjoy it almost as much as eating chocolate."

A group of snipers in Vietnam have the troop in a corner, their situation seems serious. One of the soldiers mutinies. He runs into the danger zone to help two fallen soldiers. He stops the sniping. After his success at stopping the sniping the troop follow him.

The last sniper they find is a woman, she has been injured. She asks to be shot. Our heroes hesitate as they see the enemy as human for the first time...

Oh, Stanley, you metaphor filled curmudgeon! This movie is an opus of resounding war-sense.

The movie is divided into two. In the first half we see our troop being desensitized; being taught to fight. In the second half we see them doing the fighting, and then it all breaks down... Humanity only being restored at the end once the enemy has a face.

Forget the message in this movie and you really do deserve to be shot in the stomach and be left for dead.

A pint of deer's urine, with a beaver blood chaser.

In the Yogi Bear picnic position - in childish memory of the hats on the officers at the training camp.

Dogs like any military movie as it has the prospect for long, endless walks, with outrageous places to pee. Dogs have a particular love of pissing on burning trees. They will be more than pleased with the options presented them in this movie.

Cats pee mostly where they feel like it anyway when out of the house, but enjoy the, almost sexual, prospect of a sniper trying to get them as they run fast across open ground. This movie is regarded as most cat's Top Gun.

Domesticated lions could enjoy deep dribbly-sleep throughout this movie.

Don't join the army/navy/marines.