Loosely based on Joseph Conrad's novel, "The Heart of Darkness", the film transplants the tale to the Vietnam War. A young American captain is given the assignment to hunt down and kill one of his own, a colonel, who has apparently gone insane. The deranged colonel murders hundreds of innocent people and constructs a strange kingdom for himself deep in the jungle, where he is deified by his followers.
cast
Harrison Ford as Col. G. Lucas Laurence Fishburne as Gunner's Mate 3rd Class (GM3) Tyrone Miller/'Mr. Marlon Brando as Col. Walter E. Kurtz Martin Sheen as Capt. Benjamin L. Willard/Narrator Robert Duvall as Lt. Col. William 'Bill' Kilgore