Apocalypse Nowfollows Captain Willard as he travels through the Vietnam War to assassinate the rogue Colonel Kurtz. When the movie begins, Willard has fallen apart during his time away from the jungle. He is jumpy, paranoid, and shows all the signs of PTSD. The military does call him in and we learn he's used to missions of a sensitive nature. He's told to head up river after Colonel Kurtz; a man who's gone mad and taken control of a tribal settlement in Cambodia. The people there think he's a God and he uses them to continue military operations. The river is long, however, and he hitches a ride with Chief Phillips and his crew of youthful drug addicts. Their journey takes them deep into the mayhem of the war and, ultimately, to the insanity of Kurtz himself.
Make sure you get comfortable before throwing this one on; this movie is long and you feel nearly every minute of it. Don't confuse this with the movie being boring, it's quite a ride, but it's deep and hard to watch without reading into every image. War does terrible, yet fascinating things to the human mind and Apocalypse Now strives to capture it. The constant thrum of choppers in this movie is enough to drive even the audience mad. In this movie, we see both violence and compassion, it's just that the compassion is quickly torn away by more violence.
I'm gonna go ahead and give Apocalypse Now a Four out of Five. It's worth seeing, if only so you can tear it apart with your friends afterwards. Caution: this movie may be especially rough if you have strong feelings about puppies, cows, or Marlon Brando.
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