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Apocalypse Now
“This is the end...”
Apocalypse Now (1979) is a drama, war film directed by Francis Ford Coppola. On Plot-hole, players averaged 2.2/5, with 56% solving the puzzle and 44% failing it, making it the #44 hardest puzzle of 135 in the archive. At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter Kurtz, who has been leading his personal army on illegal guerrilla missions into enemy territory.
Plot-hole Difficulty: Hard
2.2/5
Avg Score
56%
Solved
44%
Failed
314
Players
#44
Difficulty Rank
The Plot-hole Puzzle
Puzzle #137 · August 3, 2026 · answer revealed below
The Setup (Clue 5)
The jungles of Vietnam during the war.
The Character (Clue 4)
A young captain is sent on a classified mission upriver.
The Conflict (Clue 3)
He must find and eliminate a colonel who has gone rogue.
The Twist (Clue 2)
The colonel has set up his own kingdom in the jungle.
The Spoiler (Clue 1)
Martin Sheen goes upriver to find Marlon Brando in Coppola's Vietnam epic.
The answer
Apocalypse Now
Cast
Martin Sheen as Captain Benjamin WillardMarlon Brando as Colonel Walter KurtzFrederic Forrest as Jay 'Chef' HicksAlbert Hall as Chief PhillipsLaurence Fishburne as Tyrone 'Clean' MillerSam Bottoms as Lance B. JohnsonRobert Duvall as Lieutenant Colonel Bill KilgoreG.D. Spradlin as General Corman
Frequently Asked Questions
- Is Apocalypse Now hard to guess on Plot-hole?
- Apocalypse Now had an average score of 2.2/5. 56% of players solved it, while 44% failed — a hard puzzle.
- Who directed Apocalypse Now?
- Apocalypse Now was directed by Francis Ford Coppola.
- Who stars in Apocalypse Now?
- Apocalypse Now stars Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Frederic Forrest, Albert Hall, Laurence Fishburne, Sam Bottoms, Robert Duvall, G.D. Spradlin.
- What genre is Apocalypse Now?
- Apocalypse Now is listed under Drama, War.
- Where does Apocalypse Now rank in Plot-hole difficulty?
- Apocalypse Now ranks #44 of 135 Plot-hole movies by average score (1 = hardest).