Movies
June, 1987
Another bold step in the post-Rambo phase of national soul searching about Vietnam, The Hanoi Hilton (Cannon) is dynamic drama, a kind of angst-laden epilog to Platoon. Applauding Oliver Stone's definitive battle epic was easy for antiwar activists and liberals, who may feel stiffly challenged by writer-director Lionel Chetwynd's poignant homage to U.S. prisoners of war. The movie borrows its title from the infamous Hoa Lo prison, where many were entombed for nearly a decade. Perceiving themselv...
