In »Apocalypse Now«, Francis Ford Coppola transfers Joseph Conrad's classic »Heart of Darkness« to war-torn Vietnam in 1969. The story follows military policeman Captain Willard on his mission through the violence-ridden combat zones of Vietnam towards the Cambodian border. The goal is to liquidate the high-ranking US Colonel Kurtz, who has created a terrible cult for himself in the jungle. On Willard's journey through the madness and absurdities of war, however, he feels more and more drawn to the jungle itself, and its primal, mysterious power ...