Now we are going to head into the darkness. There isn’t much to say about 1986’s “Combat Shock.” It’s bleak and depressing. I’d compare it to “Requiem for a Dream",” “A Serbian Film,” “Eraserhead",” and maybe just a touch of “The Deer Hunter.”
The story of Frankie is a sad and cold one. Vietnam flashbacks, poverty, junkie friends, no job prospects, a mutant baby. And those are just the things that Frankie has to look forward to when he wakes up.
But in a film with so many horrible things, there is ‘That Scene In’ “Combat Shock” where we get a nice little breakfast scene with Frankie’s wife and their cuddly little…child? Bread crumbs; it does a body good.
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