Platoon: Brothers in Arms (2018) User Reviews

A Shared Connection...

[lono_68 · 10/10 · 10 May 2019]

In 1986, Platoon hit the theaters. 33 years later, it's still my favorite movie. But I felt like I was missing something. I wanted to know more about what it was like to be in the productions. I heard a little here and there. When the anniversary edition of the movie came out on DVD, it included a behind the scenes retrospect. It was good, but I still wanted more.

In 2018, Paul Sanchez, "Doc", fills in all the missing pieces to that quest. His film, Brother in Arms, is a documentary masterpiece!!! From the beginning, you can tell this is going to be a special film. Getting most of his "brothers" together again to offer their recollections of what it was like to make this masterpiece of a film, he has added to the film everyone's humor, happiness, sadness and heart.

The actors, brought together for a paycheck and experience to add to a resume that would help them later, would come to shared connection of brotherhood that would last throughout the years. I understand that the connection these actors felt cannot ever compare to what our servicemen felt, feel and share with their time "in country", but it does allow us to see what was supposed to be just another job, turned into something awesome between the actors.

With that said, I will watch this again and again along with Platoon. Thanks for making such an amazing documentary film.

A must watch for Platoon fans

[marcspence1 · 10/10 · 22 November 2019]

Wow! I gained even more appreciation for what I consider one of the best War films ever made. Great insight into what it took to create this film.

Brilliant 10++

[rob-126-231610 · 10/10 · 23 March 2022]

Platoon in my opinion is the greatest film ever, it also featured some incredible actors that have inspired many others in the film & television industry.

To sit back & watch 'Brothers in Arms' by Paul Sanchez simply takes you back to 1987 when the film was released. (Filmed in 1986). Seeing most of the actors 30 odd years later being interviewed about their experiences prior to filming was an amazing in-site to the film itself.

They discussed their 'bootcamp' in the jungle in the Phillipines. Many were genuinely struggling to move through the jungle & some of it was captured on film & showed in the final edit.

They talk about their down time when not filming & the fun they got up to at the resort they were staying at. The actors even started a band and played music during their time off.

Charlie Sheen does a fantastic job narrating this outstanding documentary.

Kudos to Paul Sanchez (Doc) & all the brothers that put this film together. You all should be very proud.

Looking forward to watching it again.

Interesting telling of glory days on set

[alext-35045 · 4/10 · 23 May 2023]

I watched this documentary the other night because "Platoon" is one of my all-time favorite movies. While I enjoyed seeing my fave actors telling how they got the gig and experiences on set, I felt there was too much redundancy in having several actors repeat the same stories and would have preferred they spent more time sharing different, additional stories - unless maybe there just weren't any more of interest. But my main takeaway sadly was with the Director, Paul Sanches, who I pitied after watching his interviews, especially when he seemed to be on the verge of tears at one point. He came off like that star athlete in High School reliving his glory days. Looking at his IMDB page, I saw he was in an episode of The Son, which I totally love and have saved on my DVR, so I watched that episode again and was saddened to see the horrible acting he put out. To go from such potential in Platoon to that pathetic piece of acting was extremely sad. No wonder he made this documentary since it was obviously the highlight of his life. I also enjoyed the personal stories, though the best was Johnny Depp's interview.