Casualties of War

(1989)

RATING:	100%
FORMAT:	DVD

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Exceptional film about ethnic solidarity being more important than morality: This false loyalty leaves no one ethically untarnished.

Moral obligations are a mental trap when they clash with the ethics of institutionalized abuse and the attempts to conceal it.

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War crimes show all too well what happens when the good allow evil. Wars without clear political goals inevitably descend into chaos and defeat: The Vietnamese girl repeatedly-raped here is thus also symbolic of the US despoiling of her country.

Michael J FOX’s all-too-obvious weakness as an actor play in his favor by highlighting his character’s moral weakness. Conversely, Sean PENN’s strength perfectly suits his depiction of a monster made worse by war’s inherent license-to-kill.

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