Casualties Of War on SBS Viceland and SBS on Demand – Sean Penn and Michael J. Fox star in this unflinching look at the moral ambiguities of war and its dehumanising effect on the combatants.
In David Rabe’s screenplay, based on a true story, Eriksson (Fox) is a recent arrival to Vietnam, a naive recruit in a squad of veterans.
His loyalty to his sergeant, Meserve (Penn), is sealed when he rescues Eriksson from certain death, but the killing of the squad’s radioman by a sniper pushes Meserve over the edge; he announces that they will kidnap a young Vietnamese woman.
Eriksson can’t believe his sergeant is serious, until he finds himself an unwilling participant in the abduction of Oahn (Thuy Thu Le).
Casualties Of War on SBS Viceland and SBS on Demand – Channel Premiere / Friday 17 April at 8.30pm
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Casualties Of War on SBS Viceland and SBS on Demand
