Casualties Of War (18) 1989

Based on a real incident, this Vietnam war drama tells the story of one soldier’s quest for truth and justice amidst the violence and moral incertitude of war. On patrol with the hard-nosed Sergeant Meserve (Sean Penn), US infantryman Private Eriksson (Michael J. Fox) refuses to join in when Meserve and the other soldiers kidnap, rape and murder a Vietnamese girl (Thuy Thu Le). Eriksson’s stance then puts him in a dangerous position when the patrol returns to base, as the other soldiers get increasingly worried that he might report them.