Tarantino’s favorite war movie is a 113-minute horror trip – based on a true story

Quentin Tarantino has a ton of favorite movies from a variety of sources. In the war film genre, however, there is only one highlight on the number one: The Damned of War by master director Brian De Palma (Mission: Impossible). Sean Penn and Michael J. Fox recreate an incredible true story as soldiers in the Vietnam War. Tarantino’s #1 War Movie is unsettling with a brutal rape

Sergeant Tony Meserve (Penn) loses one of his closest comrades in a Viet Cong attack. Driven by anger and madness, he kidnaps a young Vietnamese woman with his train, to rape her in a hiding place for days. Only newcomer Eriksson (Fox) tries to stop him.

De Palma’s war film is a 113-minute ordeal during which viewers experience the helpless in the face of the cruelty and unscrupulousness of the soldiers. In particular, Penn’s performance as a war-molded monster is absolutely worth seeing.

Tarantino described the film to the BBC as his “favorite war movie“, which he even used as a guide for the screenplay for Reservoir Dogs. The dynamic between the injured Mr. Orange (Tim Roth) and the elderly Mr. White (Harvey Keitel) is modeled on that between Meserve and his dying comrade Brownie (Erik King). Entire lines of dialogue, such as “look into my eyes“, he took from De Palma’s film, so Tarantino.

The Damned of War based on a true story as explained by the Guardian, among others. In 1966, four US soldiers kidnapped, raped and killed a Vietnamese woman to “restore troop morale“. A report of the incident in the New Yorker three years later sparked a storm of public outrage.

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In this installment of our Moviepilot podcast, Stream Browsing, we take a look at the big movies coming exclusively to Netflix, Amazon, Disney+ and Apple TV+ this year. The result is a list of ten special recommendations.

From the sci-fi epic to the potential Oscar nominee, everything is included. The talents gathered are particularly impressive. In 2023 we can expect new movies from Martin Scorsese, David Fincher and Zack Snyder in the streaming space, while Gal Gadot, Leonardo DiCaprio, Henry Cavill and Chris Hemsworth will be in front of the camera.

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