During the Vietnam War, a soldier finds himself the outsider of his own squad when they unnecessarily kidnap a female villager.

Michael J. Fox
as Private Eriksson

Sean Penn
as Sgt. Tony Meserve

Don Harvey
as Cpl. Thomas E. Clark

John C. Reilly
as Private Herbert Hatcher

John Leguizamo
as Private Antonio Diaz

Thuy Thu Le
as Oanh

Erik King
as Brown

Jack Gwaltney
as Rowan

Ving Rhames
as Lt. Reilly

Wendell Pierce
as MacIntire
Wuchak
_**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....
kevin2019
"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-f...