I watched this film with my roommate Jared, and both of us are well versed in bad 80s action movies (we frequently pop in Kung Fu movies when we’ve nothing else to do). While the basic premise is somewhat interesting, the way the film goes about developing plot points is incredibly boring.
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Patrick Swayze, on the other hand, gives it his all, and ends up hamming the entire film.īeyond acting, we get into the script, which is so cut and dry it feels like it came fresh out of an 80s Action Movie Factory. Other actors give some of the most awkward delivery I’ve ever heard, while more actors are entirely devoid of emotion. Some of the actors seem to be visibly nervous to work with him. The most glaring problem is that none of the other actors can hold a candle to Hackman. Honestly, the plot for this movie is pretty much the plot for “First Blood II: Rambo”, with only a few minor tweaks it could’ve been a great action movie… but there were just so many problems. The main story for the film, while it might feel a little like patriotic propaganda, is pretty fun. Hackman is a great enough actor that he can sell the cheesy lines and cliché plot points, and even make us care about some of the characters. Gene Hackman gives this movie his all, and there are a few scenes where it felt like we were watching a truly decent film, primarily thanks to the charisma Hackman brings to the screen. Okay, I know I already mentioned this above, but I want to mention again that there are actually some decent parts in this movie. With the financial backing of a rich businessman whose son is also MIA, Rhodes assembles a team of elite soldiers, including Kevin Scott (Patrick Swayze, “Road House”), to go behind enemy lines and rescue those who have been held captive for so long. Jason Rhodes (Gene Hackman, “Unforgiven”) has had enough with politicians trying to negotiate the return of POWs, and he decides to take matters into his own hands. Ten years after his son went MIA in Vietnam, Col. “Most human problems can be solved by an appropriate charge of high explosives.”
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Kotcheff was coming hot off the success of “First Blood”, and I’m guessing studios gave him a bigger budget and maybe he just didn’t know how to use it. There were so many small technical and art department issues that it looked as if this production was doomed from the get-go. There are a few scenes that I could point to and say, “This is the reason Gene Hackman chose to do this script,” but there are enough moments that I wondered if something had gone wrong during production. Well, now I’ve watched it, and I can confirm it’s pretty bad.
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