A group of reservists ("weekend warriors") are sent to Honduras to build a runway. Shortly after arriving an engineering group is sent to a small village to repair a bridge as a favor for the US Ambassador; at this point Captain John Deason begins to question who he is really building the bridge for...
Acting
Stephen Collins sells earnest confusion like rent's due
Production
Honduras-shot B-roll elevates the TV budget
Writing
Subversive script sneaks politics into action packaging
Director
Steven Hilliard Stern
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot on location in Honduras during actual political instability—cast reportedly had security concerns between takes.
Released the same year as Rain Man and Die Hard, this exemplifies the 'prestige TV movie' era when networks greenlit surprisingly political genre fare that theaters ignored.
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