Platoon: 20th Anniversary Collector's Edition

Reviewed by:
Paul Ulane

It's been twenty years since Oliver Stone's disturbing Vietnam classic drilled flashbacks into the heads of viewers with a shocking mix of violence, humanity, and Charlie Sheen. The anniversary edition builds on the commentary tracks that were featured on the special edition by going to war with a host of new special features. See more physical and psychological destruction in the deleted scenes, which include Stone's thoughts on edits and cuts, as well as a couple of film geek supplements that address how the movie was made and its lasting legacy. The two-disc set also gets away from the flick to trudge through the trenches of history with a disturbing look at the late '60s. (Warning: Shirtless hippies included.)

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