A Vietnam veteran, Charles Rane, returns home after years in a POW camp and is treated as a hero. He has a hard time adjusting, and things go badly. A movie about the walking dead, before that meant just flesh-eating zombies.
Acting
Devane's hollow eyes never recover from the camp.
Writing
Paul Schrader's script hates happy endings.
Direction
Flynn lets silence scream louder than gunfire.
Director
John Flynn
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Quentin Tarantino named his distribution company after this film, and the garbage disposal scene directly inspired Pulp Fiction's adrenaline shot moment.
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