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Based on Joseph Conrad's 'Heart Of Darkness'. An inside look at all the horrors, madness and moral dilemmas which was the Vietnam War. The story revolves around a captain who is sent to Vietnam to eliminate a mad colonel.
...The film now seems mellower and -- thanks in part to the most vibrant-looking prints in its 22-year history -- revitalized... -- 4 out of 4 stars
...There's a verisimilitude about it that no digital trickery could match....[The film] will continue to astound...
...APOCALYPSE NOW is a reassuring rarity....A genuinely stronger film. That's right -- one of the best movies ever made just got better...
...A masterpiece....Nothing seems superfluous in this new APOCALYPSE....Coppola has reached the finish line at last. It smells like victory...
...A bravura piece of filmmaking...
...APOCALYPSE NOW remains a majestic explosion of pure cinema. It's a hallucinatory poem of fear...