Vetsploitation
Vetsploitation is a film genre and term used to describe exploitation films in which a military veteran is the main element to the plot.
Background
The vetsploitation genre developed in the 1960-1970s, as B movies featuring veterans who were misunderstood or vilified and became post-Vietnam "freaked-out loser" antiheroes. Aspects of American vetsploitation films were paralleled by Russian media inspired by the Soviet–Afghan War.
Notable films
- 1967: The Born Losers
- 1968: Targets
- 1970: Hi, Mom!
- 1971: Billy Jack
- 1972: Skyjacked
- 1973: The No Mercy Man
- 1974: Earthquake
- 1976: Taxi Driver
- 1976: Tracks
- 1976: Vigilante Force
- 1977: Black Sunday
- 1977: The Farmer
- 1977: Rolling Thunder
- 1978: Coming Home
- 1978: Who'll Stop the Rain
- 1979: Bush Mama
- 1980: Don't Answer the Phone
- 1980: The Exterminator
- 1980: Cannibal Apocalypse
- 1980: The Ninth Configuration
- 1982: Forced Vengeance
- 1982: Firefox
- 1982: First Blood
- 1985: Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except
- 1985: Year of the Dragon
- 1985: Rambo: First Blood Part II
- 1987: Lethal Weapon
- 1987: Suspect
- 1988: Braddock: Missing in Action III
- 1988: Rambo III
- 1989: Born on the Fourth of July
- 1990: Jacob's Ladder
- 1992: Universal Soldier
- 1994: Forrest Gump
- 1996: The Substitute
- 1996: The War at Home
- 1997: Ulee's Gold
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 10 Vetsloitation Movies to Watch Over Memorial Day – LAWeekly
- 1 2 Searle, William J. (1988). Search and Clear: Critical Responses to Selected Literature and Films of the Vietnam War. Popular Press. p. 52. ISBN 978-0-87972-429-0.
- ↑ Oushakine, Serguei Alex (2010-12-15). The Patriotism of Despair: Nation, War, and Loss in Russia. Cornell University Press. p. 168. ISBN 978-0-8014-5910-8.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Vetsploitation, a list of films by Jarret · Letterboxd
- ↑ An Experiment in Disrespecting the Troops: Dead of Night – Perisphere
- ↑ SCUMSSUMMER 2: SCUM SUMMERER – Spectacle Theater
- ↑ "Vietnam War movies, ranked". Yardbarker. 2024-06-21. Retrieved 2025-05-30.
- ↑ "BEST SERVED COLD Trailer Exclusive: New Doc Explores Little Seen THE FARMER And The Vetsploitation Genre". ScreenAnarchy. 2024-01-26. Retrieved 2025-05-30.
- ↑ Martini, Edwin A. (2007). Invisible Enemies: The American War on Vietnam, 1975-2000. University of Massachusetts Press. p. 52. ISBN 978-1-55849-608-8.
- ↑ "Cannibal Apocalypse". film-authority.com.
See also
External links
- "Don’t Mess with a Vietnam Vet" at Cinema Sojourns
- List of vetsplitation films at Grindhouse Cinema Database
