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6. The Deer Hunter

Words escape me right now. I can't find in my limited vocabulary the necessary things to say to express the beauty, poignancy, brilliance and magnitude of this film.

This is just as much or maybe more, a story of friendship, love and loyalty, as it is a war film, simply a must see.

Three friends are sent to Vietnam and taken as POWs and are then forced to play Russian Roulette by their captors.

The protagonist Michael devises a plan and they manage to escape. Once away one friend (Nicky) is picked up by US helicopters and taken to hospital. The others are unable to make it into the ‘copter and fall back into the river, one breaking both legs severely.

Michael carries his friend until they find a band of refugees and he leaves his wounded friend with South Vietnamese soldiers. Michael continues his tour of duty and upon returning home finds his friend with the wounded legs in a Veteran's Hospital, a double amputee.

Michael finds out that his friend has been receiving large amounts of money from an unknown source, coming out of Vietnam, they both know it's Nicky. Michael goes back in to find his friend, and if you haven't seen it, I won't offer any more spoilers than I already have.

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