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A squad of National Guards on an isolated weekend exercise in the Louisiana swamp must fight for their lives when they anger local Cajuns by stealing their canoes. Without live ammunition and in a strange country, their experience begins to mirror the Vietnam experience.
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100
It's an allegory about the Vietnam war, a study of American character and a national propensity for violence. Southern Comfort is a masterpiece.
80
Beyond its genre roots and its deeper meanings, Southern Comfort is a well-honed study of characters and setting.
80
Empire
A war film without the war but with some interesting observations nonetheless.
75
Stripping these characters to their essences, Hill identifies a shared culture of hatred that unites a range of Americans.
75
Southern Comfort is a film of drum-tight professionalism. It is also, unfortunately, so committed to its allegorical vision that it never really comes alive as a story about people.
