Box set containing eight classic war movies full metal jacket 1987 details the dehumanising effect of military combat as experienced by a bunch of vietnam conscripts under the training of the sadistic gunnery sergeant hartman r lee ermey the second half of the film follows one of the recruits joker matthew modine onto the battlefield as he is thrown into the war at the height of the tet offensive in where eagles dare 1968 during world war ii seven allied agents are selected