Apocalypse Now is a war movie directed by Francis Ford Coppola. It is loosely based on Joseph Conrad's novella Heart of Darkness and is set during the Vietnam War. The film follows Captain Benjamin Willard as he is sent on a mission to assassinate Colonel Kurtz, a renegade Special Forces officer who has gone rogue. Apocalypse Now is a visually stunning and surreal film that explores the darkness and madness of war, as well as the moral ambiguity of the individuals involved.
