Vietnam vets vs. their ex-commander in jungle hell. Cannon Films called—they want their testosterone back.
A team of Vietnam vets, who now work as mercenaries, faces off against their former wartime comrade turned warlord, who's kidnapped the wife of a US diplomat and is holding her in his base of operations somewhere in the jungles of Laos.
Practical Effects
Explosions filmed in somebody's cousin's backyard. Beautiful.
Acting
John Calvin growls every line like his mortgage depends on it.
Director
Clark Henderson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in the Philippines using leftover equipment from bigger Cannon productions. Those helicopters? Stolen from 'Platoon' reenactments.
Peak late-Cold War anxiety recycling Vietnam trauma as disposable entertainment. The 'Rambo' rip-off industrial complex in full effect.
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