Apocolypse Now (Non-Analytical Review) 8.7/10

The next movie that I've watched is Apocalypse Now. The whole theme of the story is based loosely on a book by Joseph Conrad called Heart of Darkness. Captain Willard (Martin Sheen) is on a mission to assassinate a devout soldier of the military who has "lost himself" as the movie so eloquently phrases it. According to the reports Colonel Kurtz (Marlon Brando), an A class soldier, has been using that natives and asserting himself as a god to fulfill his own agendas.

Captain Willard experiences a dramatic change from within from sanity and civilization to madness and jungle and anarchy. The transfer from all this is smooth and the character of Willard might shock those who start to assume stuff from him. This movie shows the complete package of war. Through the movie we see that the more that Captain Willard learns about Kurtz, the more he understands the mindset of the jungle and the more he and the crew grows towards madness.

That is the only warning I give to those who want to view the movie. If you are looking for a Casablanca or a James Bond movie. This man is no hero or saint. This man is a soldier trained to kill and not to question those that have authority over him. There is killing of those that are innocent. There are those that seem normal but aren't. The stress and the decay of society and the tumult to chaos is completely evident within the movie. **A cow is literally butchered in a movie (it was filmed in the Philippines). If this makes you queasy then don't watch this movie--or turn away when you see a cow standing in the middle of a circle of natives**

The movie in short is wonderfully made and might make me feel uncomfortable, but in the end I would say that this story is very well written and the themes and the symbols are displayed elegantly throughout. I'd give it a 8.7/10 because it has great cinematography, the storyline is cohesive, the characters are somewhat frustrating but understandably so, and the gore is tasteful as well.