Apocalypse Now

      In the movie Apocalypse Now, a soldier in Vietnam, named Willard, must go on a top secret mission to find and assassinate General Kurtz because his methods were considered unfit for the army and he allegedly murdered his fellow subordinates.  While searching for Kurtz, Willard went through different camps and noticed that the soldiers were starting to act stranger and stranger the farther they went up the river.  The soldiers in the camps were becoming more and more possessed by the darkness of the jungle.  For example, when Willard stopped at the final camp, there was chaos throughout the entire camp.  Soldiers were shooting at nothing or their own men, and no one knew who was in command.  Finally, after a few attacks from the natives, they made it to where Kurtz was residing.
     Outside the village, there were hanging bodies, decapitated heads, and skulls on stakes everywhere.  After entering Kurtz’s “house,” Willard was asked questions by Kurtz.  His voice was calm, in a sadistic kind of way, and the way the light was hitting his face made him look even more terrifying.  He knew that Willard was sent to kill him, but as Willard talked with him more he became more influenced by his views on the darkness.  Later in the movie, as Willard is tied up and sitting in a prison, Kurtz visits him, but he is different.  His entire face is covered in black and green paint, normally used for camouflage, and he just stares at Willard at different angles, almost provokingly.  Then after leaving for a few seconds, he places the head of the chef, one of Willard’s comrades from the journey, on Willard's lap.  The head showed the emotion of fear and Willard tried his best to get it off him as quickly as possible.  Later, after Willard is set free, he searches through Kurtz’s room, he noticed he had a small collection of books, including the Holy Bible!  How frightening: a murderer that reads the Holy Bible!
     In the end, Willard became just as frightening as Kurtz and became part of the darkness himself.  He later kills Kurtz and completes his mission.