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** Although it doesn't really fit the film's grim tone, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxPkVmAfsfI "Frankie Walks the Walk"]] is quite catchy out of context, sounding a bit like something out of an [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem SNES]] game.

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** Although it doesn't really fit the film's grim tone, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxPkVmAfsfI "Frankie Walks the Walk"]] is quite catchy out of context, sounding a bit like something out of an [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem [[Platform/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem SNES]] game.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: Lead actor and composer Rick Giovinazzo would later go on to work as an orchestrator for films like ''Film/{{Inception}}'', ''Film/{{Battleship}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe''.

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* RetroactiveRecognition: Lead actor and composer Rick Giovinazzo would later go on to work as an orchestrator for films like ''Film/{{Inception}}'', ''Film/{{Battleship}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe''.''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe1''.




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** While most of the score doesn't always work in its intended context, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdplpCUdLvI "In The Jungle"]] does a pretty good job of capturing the tense atmosphere of a UsefulNotes/VietnamWar battlefield.

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** While most of the film's score doesn't always work in is rather hit-and-miss within its intended context, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdplpCUdLvI "In The Jungle"]] does a pretty good job of capturing the tense atmosphere of a UsefulNotes/VietnamWar battlefield.
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** While most of the film's score is rather hit-and-miss, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdplpCUdLvI "In The Jungle"]] does a pretty good job of capturing the tense atmosphere of a UsefulNotes/VietnamWar battlefield.

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** While most of the film's score is rather hit-and-miss, doesn't always work in its intended context, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdplpCUdLvI "In The Jungle"]] does a pretty good job of capturing the tense atmosphere of a UsefulNotes/VietnamWar battlefield.
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** Although it doesn't really fit the film's grim tone, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxPkVmAfsfI "Frankie Walks the Walk"]] is quite catchy out of context.

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** Although it doesn't really fit the film's grim tone, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxPkVmAfsfI "Frankie Walks the Walk"]] is quite catchy out of context.context, sounding a bit like something out of an [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem SNES]] game.

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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: While most of the film's score is rather hit-and-miss, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdplpCUdLvI "In The Jungle"]] does a pretty good job of capturing the tense atmosphere of a UsefulNotes/VietnamWar battlefield.

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While most of the film's score is rather hit-and-miss, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdplpCUdLvI "In The Jungle"]] does a pretty good job of capturing the tense atmosphere of a UsefulNotes/VietnamWar battlefield.battlefield.
** Although it doesn't really fit the film's grim tone, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxPkVmAfsfI "Frankie Walks the Walk"]] is quite catchy out of context.
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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: While most of the film's score is rather hit-and-miss, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdplpCUdLvI "In The Jungle"]] does a pretty good job of capturing the tense atmosphere of a UsefulNotes/VietnamWar battlefield.
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* SoBleakItsBoring: As dark as similar psycho-dramas such as ''Film/{{Eraserhead}}'', ''Film/TaxiDriver'', and ''Film/TheDeerHunter'' were, they still offered interesting, complex characters and/or masterful cinematic technique. ''Combat Shock'' lacked these qualities, and the intensely grim setting and self-seriousness gave the film an outright nihilistic tone.

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* SoBleakItsBoring: TooBleakStoppedCaring: As dark as similar psycho-dramas such as ''Film/{{Eraserhead}}'', ''Film/TaxiDriver'', and ''Film/TheDeerHunter'' were, they still offered interesting, complex characters and/or masterful cinematic technique. ''Combat Shock'' lacked these qualities, and the intensely grim setting and self-seriousness gave the film an outright nihilistic tone.

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* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: As dark as similar psycho-dramas such as ''Film/{{Eraserhead}}'', ''Film/TaxiDriver'', and ''Film/TheDeerHunter'' were, they still offered interesting, complex characters and/or masterful cinematic technique. ''Combat Shock'' lacked these qualities, and the intensely grim setting and self-seriousness gave the film an outright nihilistic tone.




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* SoBleakItsBoring: As dark as similar psycho-dramas such as ''Film/{{Eraserhead}}'', ''Film/TaxiDriver'', and ''Film/TheDeerHunter'' were, they still offered interesting, complex characters and/or masterful cinematic technique. ''Combat Shock'' lacked these qualities, and the intensely grim setting and self-seriousness gave the film an outright nihilistic tone.
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* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: As dark as similar Vietnam War films such as ''Film/ApocalypseNow'', ''Film/TheDeerHunter'', ''Film/FullMetalJacket'', and ''Film/{{Platoon}}'' were, they still offered interesting, complex characters and/or masterful cinematic technique. ''Combat Shock'' lacked these qualities, and the intensely grim setting and self-seriousness gave the film an outright nihilistic tone.

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* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: As dark as similar Vietnam War films psycho-dramas such as ''Film/ApocalypseNow'', ''Film/TheDeerHunter'', ''Film/FullMetalJacket'', ''Film/{{Eraserhead}}'', ''Film/TaxiDriver'', and ''Film/{{Platoon}}'' ''Film/TheDeerHunter'' were, they still offered interesting, complex characters and/or masterful cinematic technique. ''Combat Shock'' lacked these qualities, and the intensely grim setting and self-seriousness gave the film an outright nihilistic tone.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: Lead actor and composer Rick Giovinazzo would later go on to work as an orchestrator for films like ''Film/{{Inception}}'', ''Film/{{Battleship}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe''.
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* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: As dark as similar Vietnam War films such as ''Film/ApocalypseNow'', ''Film/TheDeerHunter'', ''Film/FullMetalJacket'', and ''Film/{{Platoon}}'' were, they still offered interesting, complex characters and/or masterful cinematic technique. ''Combat Shock'' lacked these qualities, and the intensely grim setting and self-seriousness gave the film an outright nihilistic tone.

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* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: As dark as similar Vietnam War films such as ''Film/ApocalypseNow'', ''Film/TheDeerHunter'', ''Film/FullMetalJacket'', and ''Film/{{Platoon}}'' were, they still offered interesting, complex characters and/or masterful cinematic technique. ''Combat Shock'' lacked these qualities, and the intensely grim setting and self-seriousness gave the film an outright nihilistic tone.tone.

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* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: Even ''Film/ApocalypseNow'' was not as relentlessly bleak as this film.
** To elaborate, as dark as similar Vietnam War films such as ''Apocalypse Now'', ''Film/TheDeerHunter'', ''Film/FullMetalJacket'', and ''Film/{{Platoon}}'' were, they still offered interesting, complex characters and/or masterful cinematic technique. ''Combat Shock'' lacked these qualities, and the intensely grim setting and self-seriousness gave the film an outright nihilistic tone.

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* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: Even ''Film/ApocalypseNow'' was not as relentlessly bleak as this film.
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DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: As dark as similar Vietnam War films such as ''Apocalypse Now'', ''Film/ApocalypseNow'', ''Film/TheDeerHunter'', ''Film/FullMetalJacket'', and ''Film/{{Platoon}}'' were, they still offered interesting, complex characters and/or masterful cinematic technique. ''Combat Shock'' lacked these qualities, and the intensely grim setting and self-seriousness gave the film an outright nihilistic tone.
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** To elaborate, as dark as similar Vietnam War films such as ''Apocalypse Now'', ''Film/TheDeerHunter'', ''Film/FullMetalJacket'', and ''Film/{{Platoon}}'' were, they still offered interesting, complex characters and masterful cinematic technique. ''Combat Shock'' lacked these qualities, and the intensely grim setting and self-seriousness gave the film an outright nihilistic tone.

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** To elaborate, as dark as similar Vietnam War films such as ''Apocalypse Now'', ''Film/TheDeerHunter'', ''Film/FullMetalJacket'', and ''Film/{{Platoon}}'' were, they still offered interesting, complex characters and and/or masterful cinematic technique. ''Combat Shock'' lacked these qualities, and the intensely grim setting and self-seriousness gave the film an outright nihilistic tone.
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* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: Even ''Film/ApocalypseNow'' was not as relentlessly bleak as this film.
** To elaborate, as dark as similar Vietnam War films such as ''Apocalypse Now'', ''Film/TheDeerHunter'', ''Film/FullMetalJacket'', and ''Film/{{Platoon}}'' were, they still offered interesting, complex characters and masterful cinematic technique. ''Combat Shock'' lacked these qualities, and the intensely grim setting and self-seriousness gave the film an outright nihilistic tone.

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