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Platoon

Excuses are like assholes, Taylor, everybody got one

Sgt. O'Neill:
Excuses are like assholes, Taylor, everybody got one

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Excuses are like assholes Taylor
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everybody got one
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Duration
5 seconds
Views
1,148
Timestamp in Movie
00:26:01
Uploaded
Mar 11, 2026
Genres
drama, war
Production
Hemdale Film Corporation,Cinema 86,Cinema 84,Orion Pictures,Orion

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Movie Summary

Chris Taylor, a neophyte recruit in Vietnam, finds himself caught in a battle of wills between two sergeants, one good and the other evil. A shrewd examination of the brutality of war and the duality of man in conflict.

Actors

John C. McGinley
Sgt. O'neill
John C. McGinley
Police up your extra ammo and fragsDon't leave nothing for the dinks - Platoon 00:07
Police up your extra ammo and fragsDon't leave nothing...
Thirty nine and a wake up a pause for the cause and I'm a gone motherfuckerBack to the world I hear you manBroke 100 the other day No shitNinety two left to goApril 17 heroes man Home to CaliforniaI'll be sitting outside checking out the babes on the - Platoon 00:58
Thirty nine and a wake up a pause for the cause and I'm...
Hey Taylor How in the fuck you get here anywayWhy you look educated I volunteered for itYou did whatI volunteered I dropped out of collegeand told them I wanted the infantry combat and VietnamCRAWFORD You volunteered for this shit manYou believe thatYou's - Platoon 00:53
Hey Taylor How in the fuck you get here anywayWhy you look...
KING: I tell you what, if you be cool, I introduce you around to some of the heads. - Platoon 00:12
KING: I tell you what, if you be cool, I introduce you...
What's up, brother? - Platoon
What's up, brother?
Your highness has arrived. - Platoon 00:15
Your highness has arrived.
What you doing in the underworld, Taylor? - Platoon 00:09
What you doing in the underworld, Taylor?
You lame, Taylor? - Platoon 00:11
You lame, Taylor?
Give it here. - Platoon 00:23
Give it here.
LERNER You're weird man - Platoon 00:03
LERNER You're weird man
- First time? - Platoon 00:20
- First time?
Man where the hell is everybody manThey're getting high that's whatBunch of hopheads They think they're something special man - Platoon 00:10
Man where the hell is everybody manThey're getting high...
Listen to that That's a bad jamRedneck noise dude That's all it isMake about as much sense as you doAll them chucks be rapping about how they losing they hosaying how they ain't got no bread for beer - Platoon 00:17
Listen to that That's a bad jamRedneck noise dude...
Hey Junior you ever smoke any shit LAUGHS That's right dudeYou see y'all be trying to keep the black man downand string him out on that shitBut the time be coming my man when the black man throw that yoke offSimple Free your mind your ass will followYeah - Platoon 00:42
Hey Junior you ever smoke any shit LAUGHS That's right...
Well that is one sorry ass motherfuckerWhat do you say there BobA guy like that make it Yes or noI have to tell you that's precisely what I sawI mean sometimes I just look at a guy and I knowThis fella's not gonna make itJust no fucking way - Platoon 00:22
Well that is one sorry ass motherfuckerWhat do you say there...
What do you say there Bob - Platoon 00:03
What do you say there Bob
'Cause I tell a joke or two Although I might be laughing loud and hearty Deep inside I'm blue So take a good look at my face You'll see my smile looks out of place If you look closer, it's easy to trace The tracks of my tears... - Platoon 00:42
'Cause I tell a joke or two Although I might be...
CHRIS: New Year's Day, 1968. - Platoon 00:22
CHRIS: New Year's Day, 1968.
A lot of little firefights ambushesWe drop a lot of bombsthen we walk through the jungle like ghosts in a landscape - Platoon 00:10
A lot of little firefights ambushesWe drop a lot of...
Bunker - Platoon
Bunker