84 Charlie Mopic

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84 Charlie Mopic

R

1989

1h 32m

War

Drama

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Accompanied by an Army cameraman (Byron Thames) shooting a training documentary, six soldiers are dropped by helicopter into jungle terrain at the height of the Vietnam War. The men begin a dangerous five-day mission, lead by black sergeant OD (Richard Brooks). As the unit ventures further into the forest, they are interviewed about their experiences -- including the unexpected friendship between OD and white southerner Cracker (Glenn Morshower) -- and asked for advice.

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Jan 1, 2000

3/4

84 Charlie MoPic deserves a place by itself among the films about Vietnam.

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Feb 3, 2006

3/4

A sharply observed drama about the Vietnam War, Patrick Sheane Duncan's indie, 84 Charlie mopic (title refers to motion picture), depicts in a realistic way the emergence of camardaerie among a reconnaissance squad from the POV of a cameraman.

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Linda Cook

Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

Apr 7, 2004

4/5

Rich Cline

Shadows on the Wall

Nov 15, 2003

3/5

Philip Martin

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Aug 28, 2002

2/5

Scott Weinberg

eFilmCritic.com

Jul 26, 2002

4/5

Touching and tragic.

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Owen K

@NCR23 Sep 4, 2025

An incredibly realistic Vietnam war movie, with unique found footage portrayal. Absolutely loved it, especially the writing and delivery of the characters lines during the interviews. A rare war movie featuring special forces that retains it's reality and grittiness.

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Thomas S

@RT56520869 Jan 7, 2025

Bowling team is at Vietnam war reenactment, And find out it aint paintballing.

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Matthew H

@Hendy2013 Jul 18, 2024

Another Great War film depicting the horrors or Vietnam

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MG_Claymore C

@Claymore Dec 8, 2019

One of the best POV films I've seen. It deserves it's own place amongst Vietnam war films. Universally praised by the real combat vets who experienced that war. It's a must watch.

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Nov 20, 2016

12/1/16 You Tube This was a really good movie that did an outstanding job of making the viewer feel the tension, camaraderie, danger and fear encountered by ground troops at war. It also shows how quickly your life can end and how it must be tough to live with memories taken away. Only think keeping it from a higher rating is that the dialogue is pretty hokey and predictable.

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Aug 14, 2016

This early entry into the found footage genre is ambitious but it doesn't really feel like they are under siege from the Vietcong.

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Synopsis

Accompanied by an Army cameraman (Byron Thames) shooting a training documentary, six soldiers are dropped by helicopter into jungle terrain at the height of the Vietnam War. The men begin a dangerous five-day mission, lead by black sergeant OD (Richard Brooks). As the unit ventures further into the forest, they are interviewed about their experiences -- including the unexpected friendship between OD and white southerner Cracker (Glenn Morshower) -- and asked for advice.

Director: Patrick Sheane Duncan
Producer: Michael Nolin
Screenwriter: Patrick S. Duncan
Production Co: Charlie Mopic, The Charlie Mopic Company
Rating: R
Genre: War, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 7, 1989, Original
Box Office (Gross USA): $10.3K
Runtime: 1h 32m

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