This had to be one of the darkest and emotional scenes I seen in a war film. "We might be dead in the next split second, maybe we gotta to be extra careful." Erikisson This taught me why war is never right at all, it can drive people including friends and family to go completely insane acting as if they don't knew you anymore. This happened to my great-grandfather, coming home after serving four years in the First World War, plus suffering dreadful wounds.

Michael Jay Fox should have won a Oscar for his performance as a soldier with a sense of right and wrong

How can anyone give this a thumbs down. This film has haunted me since childhood but also inspired me to always try to do what's right. Masterpiece film about a horrific thing but definitely a story that needed to be told. Foxes best film imo. Most underrated film

MJ Fox's best role in his movie career...

"We might be dead in the next split second, maybe we gotta be extra carefull about we do." Advice to live by

awesome acting from Michael j fox I will always remember this film from this amazing one liner

I am reminded of Hemingway: war brings out the best and worst in men. The theme is highly relevant b/c it speaks about who runs forward and who runs backward when a crisis hits - who stops to help others vs those who see the situation to take advantage of others.

Sad to think how many went to Vietnam who were like Cherry.

Poor Cherry. He was probably too afraid to go to war willingly. Therefore he was probably conscripted and pressured. Therefore he was too tense, nervous and anxious to handle the pressure.

Amazing acting career cut short by a damn condition

I LOVE THIS MOVIE AND THIS SCENE IS BEAUTIFUL I LOVE MICHAEL HE IS JUST GREAT IN THIS MOVIE!!!

Even so it's just a movie, the first time I seen this and that troop was killed I was saddened. I had read books about Nam and they would mention guys like him, guys so nervous that they couldn't function and everybody knew they didn't have a chance of survival.

This scene always chokes me up. They could've kept "cherry" alive if they had tried just a little harder. He was obviously a scared shitless kid who needed a guiding hand to calm him down/chill him out. Ericksson comes to that realization a little too late for poor Cherry.

Michael's speech at the end was sad but pretty. It is true you never know when your time is up.

The best performance from Micheal J Fox in a movie.

Cherry reminds me of myself in social gatherings : I'm really socially awkward person around people -- especially strangers that I never met -- and can definitely relate to Cherry in this case .

3:32 this speech is awesome

great actor, michael j fox, he is just amazing

Aside from Platoon, this is the greatest movie ever made

I always liked this film ever since I caught it late one night on TV almost 20 years ago. I purchased the VHS copy and watched it many times. I could never understand why many people, critics included, didn't like it. It is a unique film for the genre as I have found young women who watch it relate to it as well, a rarity for war films. It has been fascinating to watch opinion change over time from this being perceived as a bad film to now some critics believing it to be one of the best Vietnam war films.

This movie and movies like this were America’s attempt at coming to terms with its experience in Vietnam. Our involvement there was a watershed moment in how we perceived ourselves. Convinced, after World War Two, that we could do no wrong and were invincible; the Vietnam “conflict” taught us otherwise. I don’t think we ever really recovered. But there has to be a way through for us. We must learn a collective lesson that’s honest, and that allows us to move forward together. I would love to hear your thoughts on this.

Thanks for posting. Wish I could find a full upload of this movie.

Love the ending!!

3:43- Most important thing I’ve ever heard.

I find the logic in this scene interesting. Instead of - we could die any minute etc, therefore we should act crazy & irresponsible & non-careful & our actions don't matter... We could die any minute etc, therefore we should act sane & responsible & careful & our actions do matter. Same premise, but exact opposite conclusion.

Eriksson is an ambitious man

Damn Cherry just stepped away two seconds ago 🥺

Brilliant made film deserves more recognition fox and penn brilliant combination true hart smashing story watched it once as young 19 year old. Very thought provoking never watched it since as rape scene is brutal. But if you haven’t seen it it’s a must see film.

Best scene in the whole movie. His comment at the end is true about every day life

One second he's here talking to him The next minute hes just......gone. What the fuck mane 😞

Can pls somebody downloading this best movie.

Try to stay out of trouble, try not to be a casualty of war.

Que saudades gosto muito desse filme

I think if i am not wrong the guy that played the cherry starred in a "Law &Order,SVU"'s episode with Lee Ermey.

When stuart little used to be badass

That's sad about cherry back then there was a draft and anyone like should not even pass the physical

The Reagan 80s started with Platoon, this movie, then Born on the Fourth of July to make the enlisted grunts that served in combat in Vietnam finally have their voice heard. I don’t include Full Metal Jacket because it was an anomaly made by Stanley Kubrick. But of course all three movies made most enlisted grunts serving in combat portrayed as cruel, stupid, uneducated, horrible people with no moral compass or compassion or without a backbone or bravery. There were few people like Sheen, Fox, and Cruise that were the exception. The real truth was most had graduated high school and many had been to college or graduated.

@TheGatorfan93 please enlighten us with your wisdom, what is a good war movie for you your Highness?

could anyone please provide the subtitles?

"Sorry 'bout that."

0:32 - 1:11 Understandable moment.

I have never seen this movie and is it very well to watch it for me?

First Luke skywalker in ww2 , Then ethan hunt now marty mcfly

@pulverized09 Yes. You think Mike should've gotten an nod for this? I do.

3:00 We're getting it backward, man. Just because each of us might at any second be blown away, everybody's acting like we can do anything, man - that it don't matter what we do. But I'm thinking maybe it's the other way round. Maybe the main thing is just the opposite, (as) because we might be dead in the next split-second, maybe we gotta be extra careful of what we do. Because maybe it matters more... Jesus, maybe it matters more than we even know. --------- War is at the extreme spectrum of the human condition, but this speech applies to the mundane, too. Did one kiss their wife and child this morning? For, in reality, life is precarious, and who knows what might happen to snuff out our existence together.

@PhilipDK5800 Also spells, suprising for Mike's fans, Oscar.

A great movie scene

As said before sad movie but good also. Only, I should not say it, the haircut. I've never understood. It is not that believable. But anyway, doesn't matter in the end. Movies "like this" have at least one important message if anything. Even outside of war, take care of you and others. Not easy to do, but important to try. Cheers...

@TheGatorfan93 I liked the Sean Penn performance, but you have your opinion I respect that, and overall I liked the movie... but I can not accept, and I totally disagree with you about the Master Ennio Morricone music, He is amongst the best if not the best composer of our time

3:40

I wanna know if things happn like this at the army..and why no 1 reported the sargent.?.

is it me or is michael fox really short

Isn’t “cherry” the derogatory nick name veterans gave to young and unexperienced soldiers?

What the hell is that.. poundcake???

😢😢😢😢💀💀💀💀

How on earth did that guy make it through basic training?

think rapidshare ;-0

@pulverized09 Funny?

3:24

This scene was always cheesy to me. Well intended, but "extras". Im too young for Vietnam, Im an OEF vet. But i doubt things changed all that much....as in when one of your guys hits a mine, you dont take snap shots of him all nonchalant, then leave him there, and...you know...keep walking. Still love the movie though

Deff not the best war movie

I know people are going to come down on me for this, but I think this particular scene was over-acted. For example, what's with all the laboured breathing, like Fox just ran a marathon, stopped, and then started running again? Also, when he grabs 'Cherry' and tells him to stop bopping around, it didn't come off that effectively. All this doesn't mean I disliked the movie however. It's just that this scene makes me wince. And Fox's speech at the end was far too explicitly moralistic. De Palma should've been able to communicate the message delivered here by Fox by way of the film itself, and not have it literally spelled out for us by Fox.

I’m sorry but MJ Fox is a corny actor! I’m not saying he can’t act, he’s just super corny bro! 🥴

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Fox was a poor choice for this film and it clearly shows

I always hated this scene. It's so badly acted. And easily entertained morons always write dumb sh*t like "so powerful". I love M.J.F., but he makes the same mistake Mark Wahlberg tends to make when he's trying to make a scene intense or dramatic. He confuses breathing hard, with intensity. If you don't agree, watch the clip again and the cliche speech at the end. And this time notice his breathing. It's so forced and over done. He was just standing there. But he's panting like he ran the New York City marathon.

Makes you wonder how he passed basics?

How did Cherry get past basic training? He certainly didn’t belong in combat. The sargent was right about him.