Hamburger Hill

1987 110 min ★ 6.6 War, Action, Drama

The men of Bravo Company are facing a battle that's all uphill… up Hamburger Hill. Fourteen war-weary soldiers are battling for a mud-covered mound of earth so named because it chews up soldiers like chopped meat. They are fighting for their country, their fellow soldiers and their lives. War is hell, but this is worse. Hamburger Hill tells it the way it was, the way it really was. It's a raw, gritty and totally unrelenting dramatic depiction of one of the fiercest battles of America's bloodiest war. This happened. Hamburger Hill - war at its worst, men at their best.

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Cast

Dylan McDermott

Sgt. Adam Frantz

Steven Weber

Sfc. Dennis Worcester

Tim Quill

Pvt. Joe Beletsky

Michael Boatman

Spc Motown

Anthony Barrile

Pvt Vincent 'Alphabet' Languilli

Don Cheadle

Pvt. Washburn

Courtney B. Vance

Spc. Abraham 'Doc' Johnson

Tommy Swerdlow

Pvt. Martin Bienstock

Tegan West

Lt. Terry Eden

Daniel O'Shea

SPC Gaigin

Details

Director

John Irvin

Screenplay

James Carabatsos

Tagline

"War at its worse fought by young men at their best"

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Revenue

$13,839,404

Production

RKO Pictures

Reviews

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John Chard

May 22, 2015

★ 9/10

The meat grinder effect. Unfairly forgotten and left in the slipstream of critical darlings Platoon and Full Metal Jacket, Hamburger Hill can proudly fly its own worthwhile flag. There's nothing preachy or political here, director John Irvin and writer James Carabatsos approach the subject with a refreshing humane honesty, making us viewers privy to the American soldiers mindset as they cope wi...

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GenerationofSwine

January 12, 2023

★ 10/10

Courtney B. Vance was kind of all over the place in this wasn't he? One moment he's an over-the-top make everything political racist, and the next moment he actually cares about everyone... and then it's back to nothing but race... and then he cares about people. He really needed to pick a direction and roll with it, because he came across as going too places at once. But otherwise this is the ...