

Full Metal Jacket
In Vietnam, the wind doesn't blow. It sucks.
A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.
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8.1/10
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $30M
- Box office
- $46.4M
- Language
- English
- rescue
- sniper
- vietnam war
- suicide
- vietnam
- helicopter
- army
- prostitute
- based on novel or book
- propaganda
- war correspondent
- journalism
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United Kingdom, United States of America
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Release dates
IndiaIN
- PhysicalBlu-ray30 Aug 2013
United StatesUS
- PremiereBeverly Hills, California17 Jun 1987
- Theatrical (limited)R26 Jun 1987
- TheatricalR10 Jul 1987
- PhysicalRDVD6 Nov 2001
- PremiereMoonlit Matines Film Festival20 Sept 2002
- PhysicalRBluray5 Sept 2006
- PremiereSarasota Film Festival7 Apr 2016
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1811 Sept 1987
United Arab EmiratesAE
- PhysicalBlu-ray16 Dec 2008
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalR 18+11 Dec 1987
CanadaCA
- Theatrical26 Jun 1987
ArgentinaAR
- Theatrical8 Oct 1987
BrazilBR
- Theatrical1616 Oct 1987
ColombiaCO
- Theatrical28 Jan 1988
CzechiaCZ
- Physical15+DVD14 Jan 2002
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical1516 Oct 1987
FinlandFI
- TheatricalK-169 Oct 1987
Frequently asked questions
Full Metal Jacket was released on 26 June 1987.
Audience reviews
4- I6/10
Ian Beale
2/15/2017
**The second half is better than the first half.** A film of two halves. The first half of the fiim focuses on the training of raw recruits and features shenanigans we have seen countless times before - think _Stripes_ and _Police Academy_. The persecution of the fat guy - a scenario we had already witnessed in Stripes and Police Academy ( "_I could show a movie on your butt, fatso_!"- Lt Harris, Police Aca…
- C9/10
CRCulver
7/31/2018
Released in 1986, <i>Full Metal Jacket</i> is Stanley Kubrick's film about Vietnam, adapted from a novel by the reclusive and bitter Vietnam veteran Gustav Harford, and then further expanded by acclaimed Vietnam journalist Michael Herr. The film breaks down neatly into two very different parts, though both are seen through the eyes of young United States marine J. T. "Joker" Davis (Matthew Modine). In the first ac…
- J7/10
John Chard
10/6/2020
The Marine's don't want robots - they want killers. This is the journey undertaken by Private "Joker" J.T. Davis, from brutal training camp to Vietnam itself. As most people know by now, Full Metal Jacket is divided very much into two different halves, halves that to me show the best and worst of the talented director, Stanley Kubrick. For the first part we are subjected to the training regime inflicted on wet …
- W7/10
Wuchak
6/14/2025
**_Kubrick emphasizes Marine Corps boot camp and urban warfare in Vietnam_** A high school journalist (Matthew Modine) goes to boot camp on Parris Island where he helps a struggling recruit (Vincent D'Onofrio) before serving as a chronicler of the war. In Da Nang he witnesses the start of the Tet Offensive before going 58 miles northwest of there on the coast to experience the Battle of Hue. “Full Metal Jacket”…
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