{"id":76584,"date":"2022-10-03T20:39:28","date_gmt":"2022-10-03T20:39:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/10\/03\/the-greatest-beer-run-ever-is-actually-a-sobering-war-movie\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T14:27:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T14:27:31","slug":"the-greatest-beer-run-ever-is-actually-a-sobering-war-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/off-duty\/2022\/10\/03\/the-greatest-beer-run-ever-is-actually-a-sobering-war-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Greatest Beer Run Ever\u2019 is actually a sobering war movie"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFull Metal Jacket,\u201d \u201cSaving Private Ryan\u201d and \u201cApocalypse Now\u201d are a handful of titles that surface during discussions about movies that capture the genuine gravity of war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But when audiences think of a film about a layabout merchant mariner from New York bringing his friends canned beer in 1967 Vietnam, comedic anticipation is bound to follow \u2014 and they\u2019d be right, sort of.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Directed by Peter Farrelly (\u201dGreen Book,\u201d \u201cDumb and Dumber\u201d), \u201cThe Greatest Beer Run Ever\u201d is both a comedy and drama that captures the ironic and inherent humor that so often accompanies war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Though it\u2019s not seamless, the movie, based on the true story of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/off-duty\/military-culture\/2021\/05\/04\/he-went-from-nyc-to-vietnam-to-deliver-beer-during-a-war-now-his-story-is-coming-to-the-big-screen\/\" target=\"_blank\">John \u201cChickie\u201d Donahue<\/a>, has good fun with the absurdities of the Vietnam War while offering poignant reflection of the conflict\u2019s traumas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The film begins with Chickie, played by Zac Efron (and his new chin), drunkenly proclaiming he\u2019s going to Vietnam to bring beer to the boys from his Inwood, New York, neighborhood. Chickie\u2019s quest is viewed through the lens of a blissfully naive patriot, one who believes, like many at the time, that the U.S. was fighting and winning in Vietnam. And even though protesters may not support the war, others like Chickie still consider the troops heroes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After boarding a merchant ship and arriving in Saigon, an unaware Chickie sets out with the belief that his mission is really no different than that of a simple Pabst delivery man. And he somehow retains that sort of incredulity for much of his story, even as he dodges bullets between trenches in LZ Jane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NqxziDlZOIo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen title=\"The Greatest Beer Run Ever \u2014 Official Trailer | Apple TV+\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It isn\u2019t until about halfway through the film, when Chickie witnesses a CIA operative throw a hostage from a helicopter, that he begins to see things as they really are. This, and his evasion of friendlies while pretending to <i>be<\/i> a CIA member, is when the film really turns a corner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In one scene, Chickie encounters a young Vietnamese girl playing on a dirt road. Rather than engage, the girl slowly retreats and begins to cry, prompting the arrival of her mother, who quickly sweeps her daughter back into the fields and away from the perceived threat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There, it dawns on Chickie that the Vietnam War is perhaps not all that it seemed to be on televisions back home. At the advice of his friends, to whom he did manage to deliver a couple warm beers, Chickie opts to return home, lessons half-learned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still, it\u2019s when Chickie finally makes it back to Saigon that \u201cThe Greatest Beer Run Ever\u201d takes a turn as a serious war film. His arrival happens to fall on the date that North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces launched a surprise attack on the south, the first day of the Tet Offensive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dramatic scenes of city-wide guerrilla warfare starkly contrast those at the film\u2019s beginning, but this is where it truly shines as a genuine portrayal of war, juxtaposing scenes of humorous chaos and unwitting troops with a brand of unpredictable hostility unique to combat. 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