FILM CLUB: Full Metal Jacket

A superb ensemble cast falls in for action in Stanley Kubrick's brilliant saga about the Vietnam War and the dehumanising process that turns people into trained killers.

Joker (Matthew Modine), Animal Mother (Adam Baldwin), Gomer (Vincent D'Onofrio), Eightball (Dorian Harewood), Cowboy (Arliss Howard) and more, are all plunged into Marines bootcamp hell, led by a leather-lung D.I. (R. Lee Ermey) who views the would-be devil dogs as grunts, maggots or something less.

Through the eyes of the 18-year-old Joker, we follow the troop all the way from their brutal training, to senseless street fights in Hue, to the front lines of the meaningless, bloody conflict.

FILM CLUB films are £1 for members and £8 General Admission. More info at picturehouses.com/filmclub