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Hamburger Hill

1987 · 1h 50m · War, Action, Drama

IMDb 6.7 Metacritic 64 RT 100%

Watch it tonight if you're in the mood for an unflinching, brutal war drama that doesn't pull punches—this is visceral Vietnam filmmaking that respects both the chaos of combat and the soldiers living through it. Skip it if you want something lighter or more digestible; Hamburger Hill is relentlessly intense and earns its reputation as one of the grittiest depictions of battle ever put to screen.

Plot

The men of Bravo Company are facing a battle that's all uphill… up Hamburger Hill. Fourteen war-weary soldiers are battling for a mud-covered mound of earth so named because it chews up soldiers like chopped meat. They are fighting for their country, their fellow soldiers and their lives. War is hell, but this is worse. Hamburger Hill tells it the way it was, the way it really was. It's a raw, gritty and totally unrelenting dramatic depiction of one of the fiercest battles of America's bloodiest war. This happened. Hamburger Hill - war at its worst, men at their best.

Director: John Irvin

Cast: Dylan McDermott, Steven Weber, Tim Quill, Michael Boatman, Anthony Barrile

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