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The Walking Deadmovie | 1995 -

Watch trailers and interviews featuring the cast of the 1995 war drama:

Considered an "obscure" or "elusive" film, it is difficult to find on modern streaming services but is sometimes available through specialized retailers like Movie Buffs Forever .

The film relies heavily on individual flashbacks to explore why each soldier joined the Marine Corps, detailing their lives and personal struggles before the war.

A squad of four African-American Marines—led by Sgt. Barkley ( Joe Morton ) and including a rebellious stoner ( Eddie Griffin ) and a bookish ideologue ( Allen Payne )—is joined by one AWOL white Marine for a final rescue mission.

Allen Payne, Eddie Griffin, Joe Morton, Vonte Sweet, and Bernie Mac .

The 1995 film is a Vietnam War drama directed by Preston A. Whitmore II . Unrelated to the famous zombie franchise, it focuses on the "Black experience in Vietnam" by following five Marines assigned to a hazardous POW rescue mission in 1972. Plot and Structure