The creepy background music makes this scene so great.

the only thing scarier than the bang of a gunshot is the sound of the click your own weapon jamming

The moment that chick turned around when his rifle jammed,pure scary.

The buildup to the reveal of the sniper was fantastic. I was genuinely shocked.

God the music in this scene is so eerie.

You cut out a very important part of the scene, when Joker mercy kills the Vietnamese girl and he truly faces the horrors of war, and he develops the "Thousand Yard Stare"

Really goes to show how your perspective changes once you've actually seen a human face behind that enemy fire.

The look in her eyes; really crept me out when I saw this in the theater.

2:08 That's where Kubrick hit the mark in my opinion. That guy spraying the little girl down was the same guy that was about to throw up on the helicopter because the machine gunner was shooting people. He has completely changed. War makes everyone into killers.

It's a shame how really people talk about the cinematography of that movie. It truly is one of the most visually stunning movies, I've ever seen

The music in this scene and the entire movie is great. Never underestimate how much that can make a difference in how good a scene is.

The music is titled "ruins". It was composed for the film by Mr Kubricks own daughter. Great composition, really adds to the atmosphere.

The sound that plays just as the M16 fails to fire is the best part, it's fucking creepy!

this is the music of hell

Overall, I think this scene, along with the part where she says "Dau qua. Dau qua. Shoot me" and Joker shoots her, is one of the best in cinematic history and perfectly sums up the main theme of the movie. Only one thing that may be inaccurate. It was usually easy to tell who was shooting without seeing them- VC may squeeze off a few rounds because they did not have an unlimited amount of ammo and they had to make every round count. She fired off rounds like an American.

I think you all are missing the point of this scene. I do not think in any form or fashion that the film is trying to side with the North Vietnamese or for Americans for that factor. The film is a study of the dehumanizing aspect of war. This is first done in the training camp then followed on the battlefield. This scene along my interpretation shows when this dehumanizing has come full circle. I don't see her killing as wrong, because the American soldiers are defending themselves. However it shows what war reveals, the ultimate brutality of humans and the complete unjustified notion of it. Even though this is not my favorite film by Kubrick the look on her face made entirely clear to me the message this film was attempting to convey.

God this music just pumps chills all through my body at the part where Joker gets spotted by the sniper

The moment Joker realizes what it really means to be a killer.

Wow I never noticed how terrified she looks when she finds out the squad found her until now

As a Veteran, this sends chills down my spine.

I'll think twice next time I want to get mad at the Vietnamese donut lady.

No more boom-boom for this baby-san.

"It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, more vengeance, more desolation. War is hell"

Ngoc Le plays the sniper and she was really great in this scene. Too bad this is her only acting role.

This scene is brilliant. From the anticipation of what is to come as they walk through that burned down building to Joker’s rifle jamming, to the girl’s eyes of death and firing that barrage of endless rounds and to the creepy music leading up to that very last scene. Pure film art!!

she's one hell of a shot

Imagine at 2:00, Hartman is still alive and walks out of a secret door and blasts the sniper with an M60 or a shotgun

Joker shat bricks when she started shooting :)

"Your rifle, is only a tool: it is a hard heart that kills!"

This is the most accurate portrayal of Vietnam my dad has told me. He was in for 3 total years (way more than minimum) and saw so much crazy shit. He never has been a person to embellish either, so I 100% believe all of his stories. Being in the war from ages 22-25, which is 10 years younger than I am...it's crazy to me he went through that shit. All of his friends from home had died or been severely wounded. I think after that he gave up on making real friends, just acquaintances and relationships til he met my mom in '79. I'm 34 if that helps put things in perspective. One of my favorite stories is how there were idiots about not cleaning those things and they would get jammed so easy over there cause they were M16-A1's...and whenever he got a chance he would take any enemy AK because of the better penetration in jungle fire fights. He got in trouble (of all things) for using one, when at the time it was the superior assault rifle. That thing could be put through hell and still run. The M16's jammed on clockwork. So he would be in the battlefield and people would panic because theirs would jam and my dad never had that happen. He also carried 200 rounds of ammo on him (20 magazines), guys would go in with 2 like idiots and cry for more ammo from my dad. He knew that if he wasn't prepared at all times he was dead. So ya two bandaleirs (don't care on spelling), and 4 ammo pouches. People made fun of him until they were crying begging for some of his sweet extra clips.

The ironies of war. The sergeant was tough, then the weakest person (Pyle) killed him. They talk about getting this sniper after several men are killed, only to find out it's a teenage girl.

I just love how this film is so raw and pure... A lot of people only like the first half of the film but I actually prefer the second half.

It's amazing how can Kubrick turn a war film into a horror film.

What really tripped me out about this scene is that this girl doesn’t look like she any older then 14 years old.

In the book the girl gets shot by rafter man, she starts praying instead of asking to be killed, then Joker shoots her in the eye with a Grease Gun (since earlier he lost his M16 in an attack). Afterwards when Cowboy (who was alive in this part, like most of the squad since they were supported by an M48 tank) praises Joker for being hard, Animal Mother (who in reality it seems to be a psycho try hard) chops the sniper's head off with a machete, after that Alice and Rafter are deciding who keeps the sniper's gun, rafter proceeds to spray the headless dead body again to claim the kill and keep the rifle therefore Alice chops her feet with a machete and stuffs them in a canvas bag.

The song in this background I wouldn’t forget if you gave me a lobotomy and then I got dementia.

2:00 me saving my homie who was in difficulty.

The noise music always gives me chills in general, but when Joker's gun jams and she whips around.... that part gets me every time.

saw this when I was about 10 years old and this scene scared the crap out of me, the music is so chilling and that violin just strikes a cord, makes the atmosphere uneasy and offkilt

Just watched Full Metal Jacket... Again! This scene is so powerfull. One of the highlights in cinema

0:27 Animal Mother giving orders so loudly like that just completely ruined the suspension of disbelief for me. Soldiers trying to hunt down a hidden sniper would normally be communicating quietly or using sign languages.

You know what i find interesting about Full Metal Jacket? Theres only one, MAYBE two big engagements between marines and NVA. But they don't last very long if at all. The biggest moment isn't even between a group of people. It's between one girl and a marine. A sniper. I know it involves other marines but essentially the big moment is between this chick and Joker.

lol Rafterman's little gesture to Joker after shooting the sniper, always makes me chuckle in darkly humorous way.

The sniper girl made a mistake by not changing her position after she shot one of the marines.

This movie and "The Lord Of War" both great films. Both used Czech VZ. 58 rifles in place of the Kalashnikov. Similar look, totally different rifles.

I wasn’t expecting a psycho kid to pop out with a riffle all of a sudden lol. This scene is amazing!

1:34 That's an M16 for you.

Anyone realize she is using a Czech VZ58 not an AK?

rafterman was a badass in this scene i didnt know he had the it in him

I just realized that if they wouldn't have shot like crazy without really knowing where she was, they wouldn't have shot out the cover that Cowboy was behind when he got shot. It would have still been there and the sniper wouldn't have seen him.

Stupid war.

One thing that’s a big unrealistic is how independent fires are continuously burning in that destroyed building. Yet I know why Kubrick used that special effect to instill a very ominous effect of the background. Even though it’s logically fake I am glad he used the fires for the sniper scene.

that music....

The sniper is Private Pyle reborn

Such a grate scene it really captures the intensity of the setuation so well and the set piece is grate combined the the grate background music

damn the part where his gun jams and he has to take cover behind the pillar, the feeling of "oh shit you're gonna die" was real

No more boom boom for this baby san....

Nostrils flared.

I love this score, one of my favorites

You cut out the final part of this scene where she's lying on the ground and telling them to shoot her. Davis does after hesitating and gets that thousand-yard stare.

This is my rifle. There are many others like it, but this one is mine. My rifle is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life. Without me, my rifle is useless. Without my rifle, I am useless. I must fire my rifle true. I must shoot straighter than my enemy, who is trying to kill me. I must shoot him before he shoots me. I will. Before God I swear this creed: my rifle and myself are defenders of my country, we are the masters of our enemy, we are the saviors of my life. So be it, until there is no enemy, but peace. Amen.

When the female sniper turned around I was expecting Jane Fonda..

the ak 47 (unfortunately these were chinese copies) unleashes the best music for this remarkable scene. it simply spits fire. no malfuctions unlike the m-16a1. (the m-16a2 was way more reliable than the initial model)

All the scenes depicting the battle of Hue were shot in London at an old abandoned gas works site, and the crew was exposed to asbestos and other harsh chemicals during the shoot.

even when I was young and watched this scene I wondered how this girl could take out marines from a distance with an AK but couldnt finish the guy infront of her from 10meters. Brave people those VCs!

1:50 "Fuck this shit!"

in an earlier scene when a documentary crew is talking to Joker he says I want to be the first to k ill from my precinct and in the background is a cinema and the Attresses name is on it.

And after the whole killer marine talk the most terrifying end enemy is... a lone little girl.

1:40 OHH SHIIIIIIIIIII-

Yes. Men, women and also children fought in the Viet Cong. Many of the men and women were volunteers, not 'conscripted' In real wars where survival is at stake people don't have the luxury of only sending tough men to fight.

Sniper: This unnamed female sniper appeared in the Stanley Kubrick Vietnam War film Full Metal Jacket as the final and most significant enemy faced by Joker and his allies in the film's climax. Thus, she is arguably the primary antagonist of the film. She was portrayed by actress Ngoc Le. images.complex.com/complex/image/upload/t_article_image/ghxrfi0b9iu7d4pcekea.jpg

I remember seeing this for the first time while in high school. Such a haunting scene!

So you're disgusted at the girl sniper for brutally slaying the Marines in the last part of the film. Okay. But what about the "Get Some!" Marine helicopter gunner who is laughing his head off while he indiscriminately shoots everyone he flies across - including non-combatant women and children?

I always get two answers: What happened with Joker's M16? 1. It jammed, systematic of the era and a major improvement post war 2. It was out of ammunition and the click was merely the sound of the empty magazine attempting to fire.

1:39 it was at this moment that joker knew, he fucked up.

Rafterman came in clutch.

When it comes to war, it should not matter what age group your enemy belongs to. Even if it is a child who has been trained to kill you and your comrades like any enemy would, you have to kill the kid to save yourself and your fellow soldiers.

sniping with iron sights, what balls

At 2:02 Ngoc Le's expression changes as she braces for the exploding blood packs to go off. The fierceness in the face before that is memorable and terrifying.

Hardcore man. Fucking Hardcore.

She doesn't love you long time. RIP!

This one girl alone scares me more than the crops and the bloods. She makes them look like puddles in comparison!

1:55 how teacher at school really mad at you

She's actually using a Czech VZ58, not AK47.

How I imagine hell

Is it just me or was i the only one satisfied when they took out the sniper?

Jeez, that eerie yet menacing grating sound...

The cool thing is that when FMJ was in theaters, TV spots actually showed that scene with the sniper firing into the screen, so you think you know to expect it when you see the movie. Still, when actually see the movie, after all that tension, the reveal is still awesome.

I'm American born and raised, my dad fought in Vietnam. Sure it's a movie - but she had every right to be shooting foreign invaders in her own country. Take a moment and imagine if this were your sister or girlfriend in the usa - shooting at invaders.

Best movie ever

Loved this movie. So gritty and realistic!

FUCK YEAH! Raptorman laying it down!

This scene is the opposite of the flag being planted in Iwo Jima.

Scary Scene,But Great Movie.

That's why the buddy system is such a good one. She had it coming, but the M-16 failed again and the Colt never got its chance.

Ironic how joker always helped pvt pile to keep his gun clean but joker wasn’t able to keep his clean literally the one time it really mattered

One of the most dangerous adversaries someone can come across. Fighting to the death without regard for her own life, defending her ideology. No reasoning, pity, or inhibitions about her actions.

Happy Vets Day my fellow Veterans 🇺🇸🇺🇸💯💪🏾

This is my mind, driving to work Monday morning....

Damn, 2:00 still to this day one of the best "Shoot Faces" I've seen in any movie. Great movie of the time, nothing about it was attractive.