The Vinyl Countdown # 1212

V/A, Full Metal Jacket [OST] (1987)

Of all the Vietnam War films - and there was a run of them (plus the TV show, Tour of Duty) through the mid-80s my favourite is Full Metal Jacket. Well, let me instead put it this way - the one that had the biggest impact for me was Full Metal Jacket. It falls away toward the end, the second half resorts to cliché when…