During the Vietnam War, a soldier finds himself the outsider of his own squad when they unnecessarily kidnap a female villager.
"Even in war… murder is murder."
Top Billed Cast
Michael J. Fox
Private Eriksson
Sean Penn
Sgt. Tony Meserve
Don Harvey
Cpl. Thomas E. Clark
John C. Reilly
Private Herbert Hatcher
John Leguizamo
Private Antonio Diaz
Thuy Thu Le
Oanh
Erik King
Brown
Jack Gwaltney
Rowan
Detailed Critic & Audience Reviews
W WuchakVerified TMDB Critic
2020-09-18
_**Beautiful and brutal, artistic and ugly**_
Based on a true story, the arrogant sergeant (Sean Penn) of a 5-man squad on a reconnaissance mission in Vietnam in November, 1966, decides to kidnap a Vietnamese farm girl for some “portable R&R” because it would be "good for the morale of the squad." But PFC Eriksson (Michael J. Fox) refuses to participate and fears being “killed In Action” for dissenting.
“Casualties of War” (1989) separates itself from other Vietnam War movies by focusing on the incident at hand, including the build-up and aftermath. Its uniqueness is augmente...
K kevin2019Verified TMDB Critic
2025-01-17
"Casualties of War" is a deeply disturbing and emotionally overpowering film which remains strictly impartial throughout and it just recounts the acutely distressing and repugnant details in a dramatically harrowing yet still compelling way. The rape itself is dealt with in an incredibly matter-of-fact fashion as indeed is the victim's very life when she is indiscriminately murdered after she becomes an inconvenience. It is also shocking but to be expected that when Private Eriksson brings squad leader Sergeant Meserve's criminal act to the attention of his superiors he is met with a lack of c...
