Full Metal Jacket

Movie · 1987

A Stanley Kubrick Vietnam War film that moves from a brutal Marine Corps boot camp to urban combat during the Tet Offensive. Content is relentlessly intense across virtually every category, rated R and widely recommended only for mature adults.

Explicit sexual contentSelf-harm & suicideMedical traumaGraphic violence & goreAbuse & manipulationSubstance abuseRacial & cultural stereotypesFlashing lights

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Abuse & manipulationthe boot camp segment (opening through roughly the first half of the film)Strong

Drill Sergeant Hartman subjects recruits to unrelenting verbal degradation, profanity, and humiliation throughout the entire boot camp portion of the film.

Abuse & manipulationthe barracks punishment scene, boot camp segmentStrong

A recruit is restrained in his bunk and beaten with soap-filled towels by fellow soldiers; the scene is prolonged and distressing.

Self-harm & suicidethe end of the boot camp segment (roughly the midpoint of the film)Strong

A recruit in mental breakdown shoots his drill sergeant with a rifle, then puts the rifle in his own mouth and fires; the suicide is shown graphically with blood splatter.

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