Apocalypse Now

At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter Kurtz, who has been leading his personal army on illegal guerrilla missions into…

★ 8.3/10 · 9,448 TMDB audience ratings

Starring

• Martin SheenCaptain Benjamin Willard
• Marlon BrandoColonel Walter Kurtz
• Frederic ForrestJay 'Chef' Hicks
• Albert HallChief Phillips
• Laurence FishburneTyrone 'Clean' Miller
• Sam BottomsLance B. Johnson
• Robert DuvallLieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore
• G.D. SpradlinGeneral Corman

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Audience reviews from TMDB · may contain spoilers

Ian Beale: Ponderous, meandering epic with a few bright spots. This film is about a soldiers quest to find a renegade and insane Colonel (a… Read full review

Rocketeer Raccoon: I think a lot of people who think this film is a classic are deranged, the only memorable scene in the film is… Read full review

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