The Iron Triangle (1989)

Directed by

Eric Weston

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 31m

Rated

16

Rating

5.6 of 10 from 11 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The story follows a Viet Cong soldier, a French mercenary, and an American soldier during the Vietnam War. It shows each man's personal struggle with loyalty and survival, offering a gray view of the conflict without clear heroes or villains.

contemplativegrittysomberatmosphericslow-burngroundedintrospectiveunflinching

What happens

The Iron Triangle is a 1989 film about the Vietnam War shot in Sri Lanka and directed by Eric Weston. The story is based on the diary of an unknown Viet Cong Soldier. This unique fact gives the movie a different perspective than many of the other movies about the Vietnam war and makes black and white distinctions about who were the "good guys" and "bad guys" a little more complicated. The film stars Beau Bridges, Haing S. Ngor, Liem Whatley, Johnny Hallyday, Jim Ishida, and Ping Wu. Each character helps bring to life the struggle of what it means to fight for one's country. Whether they be a teacher's son (Ho), a French mercenary (Jacques), or a simple soldier (Keene) these three men bring to light a gray view of war which reflects that there are many more sides to the war than just "good" or "evil". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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