this be an apocalyptic vision of the hell of our contemporary world . the social criticism of our shallow and commercially orient value be what make this film an exceptional vision of the war be hell cliché and underscore by a mythical journey upriver to cambodia by a special force captain whose mission be to eliminate ( with extreme prejudice ) a rogue colonel and who leave behind the army concept of justice to create his own world . when i saw apocalypse now in 1980 and i think it be a deeply flaw masterpiece . in particular and i find the final segment of the journey with brando and which encapsulate conrad heart of darkness and to be rather boring . i finally get around to see apocalypse now redux and the flaw have be take care of . redux make the movie an outright masterpiece and certainly among the top 100 film ever make . brando performance now seem full and complete and perhaps rather less mysterious and but much more profound . martin sheen be brilliant at the heart of one of the best acting ensemble ever assemble . it great to spot a young harrison ford and scott glenn and etc . in early screen performance that suggest what fine actor they will eventually be recognize a . the work of robert duvall and fred forrest and lawrence fishburne and sam bottom be greatly enhance by the additional footage . if you have never see this film and skip the original and head straight for redux . i wish we could get a gang of new york redux from scorcese to fill in all the gap in that deeply flaw potential masterpiece .