After being betrayed by a fellow Marine and spending five years in a POW camp, homeless Vietnam vet Roy Evans reunites with his commander, Dundee, and is tasked by the FBI to find his betrayer, Slisko, who is suspected of slaying several women. Slisko has also become an arms dealer, and Evans and Dundee endure the trauma of returning to Southeast Asia to apprehend their old comrade
Practical Effects
Gloriously fake explosions and rubber snake attacks
Acting
Richard Roundtree somehow keeping his dignity intact
Director
Leandro Lucchetti
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Leandro Lucchetti was an Italian exploitation veteran who made this his one stab at American action cinema.
This was part of a bizarre 1980s micro-genre where aging Black stars got shoehorned into Rambo knockoffs—Roundtree deserved better.
US
