Full Metal Jacket star Matthew Modine mad over change to film poster

Actor Matthew Modine has slammed Amazon Prime after he spotted a major change to the Full Metal Jacket movie poster.

The 1987 Stanley Kubrick war comedy is available to rent on the streaming platform, but many people were quick to notice last week that the artwork had been altered.

Modine, 65, was one of the stars of the film, playing marine James T. ‘Joker’ Davis. He shared his outrage on X, formerly Twitter, about the decision by the streaming giant to alter the helmet.

The movie’s original poster shows a war helmet with the words ‘born to kill’ scrawled across it in black ink.

But in Amazon Prime’s version, it simply had the camouflage headpiece without the iconic slogan. 

Actor Matthew Modine has slammed Amazon Prime after he spotted a major change to the Full Metal Jacket movie poster

The movie’s original poster shows a war helmet with the words ‘born to kill’ on it (left). But in Amazon Prime’s version, it simply had the camouflage headpiece without the words (right)

‘Who decided to remove ‘BORN TO KILL?” Modine wrote. ‘Not only did they alter a piece of iconic art by Philip Castle, but they completely misunderstood the point of it being there.’

The star pointed out that the words on the helmet were vital to the film.

‘[My character Private J.T. ‘Joker’ Davis] wears the helmet with ‘BORN TO KILL’ and the peace button as a statement about ‘the duality of man,” he added.

The movie followed Private Joker as he trains for the Vietnam War, and also starred Adam Baldwin, Vincent D’Onofrio, Lee Ermey, and Dorian Harewood.

In one scene, one of his commanding officers asks Private Joker why he has the words on his helmet.

‘Wha”s that supposed to be, some kind of sick joke?’ the colonel inquires, to which Private Joker replies, ‘No sir.’

Private Joker then tells him it’s support to mean, ‘The duality of man. The Jungian thing, sir.’ 

He is referring to a psychiatrist named Carl Jung, who famously said, ‘Every good quality has its bad side, and nothing that is good can come into the world without directly producing a corresponding evil. This is a painful fact.’ 

‘Who decided to remove ‘BORN TO KILL?” Matthew wrote. ‘Not only did they alter a piece of iconic art by Philip Castle, but they completely misunderstood the point of it being there’

The star pointed out that the words on the helmet were vital to the film, adding, ‘[My character] wears the helmet with ‘BORN TO KILL’ as a statement about ‘the duality of man”

Many fans of the film were just as angry as Matthew, with one describing the artwork as ‘one of the most iconic movie posters ever’

It’s unclear why Amazon Prime made the change, but it has since reverted the poster back to its original form 

Many fans of the film were just as angry as Matthew, with one describing the original artwork as ‘one of the most iconic movie posters ever.’

Someone else said ‘one of the best parts of the entire film’ was Private Joker ‘explaining the helmet to his superior officers.’ 

‘Why on earth would they do this?’ asked another angry user. ‘Terrible.’

‘Here we go again. Hey corporations, stop censoring art,’ read a fourth tweet, while a fifth said, ‘It is NOT OK to censor history or art.’

It’s unclear why Amazon Prime made the change, but it has since reverted the poster back to its original form.