

Casualties of War
Even in war… murder is murder.
During the Vietnam War, a soldier finds himself the outsider of his own squad when they unnecessarily kidnap a female villager.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $22.5M
- Box office
- $18.7M
- Language
- English
- vietnam war
- vietcong
- rape
- court
- menace
- based on true story
- jungle
- soldier
- anti war
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalR18 Aug 1989
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1826 Jan 1990
- Physical18DVD25 Feb 2002
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalM25 Jan 1990
BelgiumBE
- Physical1818 Aug 1989
FranceFR
- Theatrical1210 Jan 1990
- PhysicalDVD22 Jan 2002
- PhysicalBlu-Ray1 Dec 2021
GermanyDE
- Theatrical181 Feb 1990
HungaryHU
- Theatrical1620 Sept 1990
IrelandIE
- Theatrical1816 Feb 1990
ItalyIT
- Theatrical1 Jan 1990
JapanJP
- TheatricalG10 Feb 1990
NetherlandsNL
- Theatrical162 Feb 1990
- Physical16DVD8 Jan 2002
- TV16RTL 516 Oct 2003
SpainES
- Theatrical189 Feb 1990
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Casualties of War was released on 18 August 1989.
Audience reviews
2- W8/10
Wuchak
9/18/2020
_**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. “Casual…
- K10/10
kevin2019
1/17/2025
"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…
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