Direction
De Palma's stubborn vision almost broke the studio.
Production
Filming in Thailand with actual military chaos.

Director
Laurent Bouzereau
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real incident involved four men, not five — De Palma added a character specifically so someone could refuse to participate and give audiences moral relief.
This documentary landed during DVD's golden age of special features, when studios actually paid for filmmakers to explain themselves.
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