A Makeshift Vietnam
I think most people are aware that the film crew didn’t go to Vietnam to film the movie’s war scenes. It’s Hollywood, after all. And they managed to achieve a convincing landscape and atmosphere, with all the mud, jungles, and swamps. So how did they do it? This may be hard to believe, but the war scenes were filmed on a golf course on Fripp Island, off the coast of South Carolina.
Source: Gun Fun TV
And all that sprawling green of the fields and the wild jungle feel? Well, that was all CGI magic.
Vietnam has been chosen quite often for many famous films over the decades. It’s likely because it’s a lot cheaper than a Hollywood set and it’s also really beautiful.